Explainer: How the College Football Playoff rankings are determined

College football’s national champion is about to be determined in a whole new way.

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First College Football Playoff Rankings Revealed

The 13-member selection committee has Oregon as the No. 1 team in the country.
Sports - The New York Times - November 6
Predictions Ahead of the First 12-Team College Football Playoff Rankings

The biggest question on Tuesday is what the committee will do with Notre Dame, a columnist for The Athletic writes.
Sports - The New York Times - November 5
Why a weekly College Football Playoff rankings show is dumb

Ranking teams before the season ends just opens the committee up to more criticism.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 6
Georgia falls out of latest CFP bracket; Klay Thompson faces Warriors for first time; Kansas, Kentucky win

There was a big shakeup in the second 12-team playoff reveal
Sports - CBS Sports - November 13
Projecting the new College Football Playoff rankings after a major shakeup in the SEC

Nicole Auerbach sifts through the two-loss SEC teams and projects a new 12-team bracket.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 12
Georgia Plummets, Indiana Climbs in Latest College Football Playoff Rankings

The Bulldogs, who won the national championship in 2021 and 2022, would be left out of the 12-team playoff if it started this week.
Sports - The New York Times - November 13
Georgia's controversial College Football Playoff ranking a reminder that this is supposed to be hard

The 12-team CFP naturally leads to increased scrutiny and more debates regarding deeply flawed teams. That's a feature, not a bug.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 14

Explainer: How the College Football Playoff rankings are determined

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