We’re just three games away from knowing what four teams will take part in the last four-team College Football Playoff, but before that, we have our next set of CFP rankings coming out on Tuesday.
We like to get ahead of these sort of things by predicting what those might look like a couple of days before you turn on your television or streaming device, and so far, we’ve been pretty good at it. In fact, over the last two weeks, we’ve been 100% spot on with the top six teams, and even better last week in predicting what the CFP committee unveiled with the top eleven teams.
So, yeah, we’re at it again. So far, the Ohio State Buckeyes have been on top of the rankings because of the résumé they built, but that took a bit of a hit with Penn State’s loss to Michigan, and with Notre Dame losing a couple of weeks ago.
On top of that, a couple of teams right on the heels of Ohio State looked really good on Saturday with the Wolverines winning on the road in Happy Valley and Georgia blowing the doors off of a highly ranked Ole Miss team.
In addition to those teams, Washington and Florida State figure to be high on the list as two undefeated teams, and Oregon, Texas, and Alabama are right there as arguably the best one-loss teams should teams above them falter.
Here’s our latest prediction on what the College Football Playoff rankings will look like after Week 11 of the 2023 CFB season.
25
Liberty Flames (10-0)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. UMass |
| 11/25 | at UTEP |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: N/A
Last Result: Won vs. Old Dominion, 38-10
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24
Kansas State (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Kansas |
| 11/25 | vs. Iowa State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 25
Last Result: Won vs. Baylor, 59-25
23
Tulane Green Wave (9-1)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at FAU |
| 11/25 | vs. UTSA |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 23
Last Result: Won vs. Tulsa, 24-22
22
Utah Utes (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Arizona |
| 11/25 | vs. Colorado |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 18
Last Result: Lost at Washington, 35-28
21
North Carolina (8-2)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Clemson |
| 11/25 | at NC State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 24
Last Result: Won vs. Duke, 47-45
20
Kansas Jayhawks (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Kansas State |
| 11/25 | at Cincinnati |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 17
Last Result: Lost vs. Texas Tech, 16-13
19
Oklahoma State (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Houston |
| 11/25 | vs. BYU |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 15
Last Result: Lost at UCF, 45-3
18
Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2)
17
Tennessee Volunteers (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Georgia |
| 11/25 | vs. Vanderbilt |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 13
Last Result: Lost at Missouri, 36-7
16
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Wake Forest |
| 11/25 | at Stanford |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 19
Last Result: Off Week
15
LSU Tigers (7-3)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Georgia State |
| 11/25 | vs. Texas A&M |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 19
Last Result: Won vs. Florida, 52-35
14
Oklahoma Sooners (8-2)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at BYU |
| 11/24 | vs. TCU |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 17
Last Result: Won vs. West Virginia, 59-20
13
Ole Miss Rebels (8-2)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. UL Monroe |
| 11/23 | at Mississippi State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 9
Last Result: Lost at Georgia, 52-17
12
Missouri Tigers (8-2)
11
Penn State Nittany Lions (8-2)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Rutgers |
| 11/24 | at Michigan State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 10
Last Result: Lost vs. Michigan, 24-15
10
Oregon State Beavers (8-2)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Washington |
| 11/24 | at Oregon |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 12
Last Result: Won vs. Stanford, 62-17
Why the Ranking
The committee might be tempted to keep Penn State at No. 10, and that would be reasonable with the Nittany Lions’ only two losses coming against teams in the top three, but it’s hard not to move a team down at all after a loss, so Oregon State is the beneficiary.
9
Louisville Cardinals (9-1)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Miami (FL) |
| 11/25 | vs. Kentucky |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 11
Last Result: Won vs. Virginia, 31-24
Why the Ranking
The CFP committee might be tempted to keep a Penn State ahead of Louisville, but I don’t think it happens. The Cardinals didn’t exactly set the world on fire against a bad Virginia team, but it won and still has the lone loss with a pretty good win over Notre Dame. The Cards will find their way into the top ten this week.
8
Alabama Crimson Tide (9-1)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Chattanooga |
| 11/25 | at Auburn |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 8
Last Result: Won at Kentucky, 49-21
Why the Ranking
Alabama continues to look better and better as the season gets longer in the tooth, but it needs some teams above it to lose, namely Texas because the Longhorns won’t fall below the Tide unless they lose because of the head-to-head. We can’t wait to see the chaos that would ensue should the Crimson Tide beat Georgia in Atlanta in a few weeks.
7
Texas Longhorns (9-1)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Iowa State |
| 11/24 | vs. Texas Tech |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 8
Last Result: Won at TCU, 29-26
Why the Ranking
Texas has been just getting by the last couple of weeks but the win over Alabama earlier in the year is acting like a backstop right now. The committee won’t vault the Crimson Tide over the Longhorns unless there’s an additional loss in Austin.
6
Oregon Ducks (9-1)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Arizona State |
| 11/24 | vs. Oregon State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 6
Last Result: Won vs. USC, 36-27
Why the Ranking
Oregon continues to look like the best one-loss team in the country and is playing as well as anyone right now. If not for some poor coaching decisions against Washington, the Ducks would probably be in the top four right now. Will the Ducks get another shot at the Huskies? It’s sure looking like it.
5
Washington Huskies (10-0)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Oregon State |
| 11/24 | vs. Washington State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 5
Last Result: Won vs. Utah, 35-28
Why the Ranking
We are still staying with the status quo here because Washington did what it needed to do, but not enough to move up over Florida State. The Huskies still hold the head-to-head over one-loss Oregon, so there shouldn’t be any drama here.
4
Florida State Seminoles (10-0)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. North Alabama |
| 11/25 | at Florida |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 4
Last Result: Won vs. Miami (FL), 27-20
WHy the Ranking
It wasn’t an overly impressive showing for Florida State this weekend, but it will be enough since it was a win that kept the Seminoles as one of the five undefeated Power Five teams. There shouldn’t be any movement, especially since the team below them, Washington, had a similar outcome.
3
Michigan Wolverines (10-0)
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Maryland |
| 11/25 | vs. Ohio State |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 3
Last Result: Won at Penn State, 24-15
Why the Ranking
Similarly to why Georgia won’t likely leap over Ohio State, it’ll be hard for Michigan go move up any either, even with a win over a top ten team on the road. The Bulldogs and Buckeyes looked great, so there’s really no way to vault the Wolverines up.
2
Georgia Bulldogs (10-0)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | at Tennessee |
| 11/25 | at Georgia Tech |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 2
Last Result: Won vs. Ole Miss, 52-17
Why the Ranking
With Georgia now having beat two ranked teams in a row, the gap is closing with Ohio State, and in fact, may have closed all the way with how dominant it looked on Saturday. Had the Buckeyes not looked the part as well, we think the Bulldogs would have grabbed the No. 1 spot. Not quite, though.
1
Ohio State Buckeyes (10-0)
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| 11/18 | vs. Minnesota |
| 11/25 | at Michigan |
Last Week’s CFP Ranking: 1
Last Result: Won vs. Michigan State, 38-3
Why the Ranking
Yeah, Georgia looked great, but so did Ohio State. The CFP Committee might eventually leapfrog the Bulldogs over the Buckeyes, but OSU should have done enough to keep the top spot.
