It’s all over but the crying for now. The regular season has been played, conference championships have been decided and now all that’s left is for the College Football Playoff Selection Committee to release their final rankings ahead of the first-ever 12-team bracket reveal.
There has been a lot of discourse the last couple of weeks from conferences and teams about the potential damage from a loss in a league championship game under this new format. But the thing is: All games matter, and the results count.
We do know that the teams that did not play this week will not change their position relative to each other. They could move around as teams that did play shift positions, though.
Before we get going with this week’s rankings prediction, here are some of the things the College Football Playoff Selection Committee considers besides a team’s record:
- Conference championships – This does not come into play until the final weekend, when those are determined.
- Head-to-head
- Games against common opponents
- Results against ranked opponents.
References to “rankings” refer to last week’s CFP Rankings. It is the only one the committee uses when looking at performance against ranked teams, which is not necessarily a huge factor. If a team has enough of those games, it will be reflected in the strength of schedule.
College Football Playoff Rankings prediction
Next out (alphabetical order): Duke, Kansas State, Navy, Texas A&M, Tulane
