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Playoff Committee Top 8 Unchanged

November 20, 2018 by CFP Staff

The College Football Playoff Committee released its next-to-last set of rankings on Tuesday night and there was no change, as expected, among the top 8 teams. If the final four pairings were announced today, 1 seed Alabama would face 4 seed Michigan in one semifinal while 2 seed Clemson would take on 3 seed Notre Dame in the other semifinal.

Here are the complete Selection Committee Rankings:

  Team W-L LW
1. Alabama 11-0 1
2. Clemson 11-0 2
3. Notre Dame 11-0 3
4. Michigan 10-1 4
5. Georgia 10-1 5
6. Oklahoma 10-1 6
7. LSU 9-2 7
8. Washington State 10-1 8
9. UCF 10-0 11
10 Ohio State 10-1 10
11. Florida 8-3 13
12. Penn State 8-3 14
13. West Virginia 8-2 9
14. Texas 8-3 15
15. Kentucky 8-3 17
16. Washington 8-3 18
17. Utah 8-3 19
18. Mississippi State 7-4 21
19. Northwestern 7-4 22
20. Syracuse 8-3 12
21. Utah State 10-1 23
22. Texas A&M 7-4 ---
23. Boise State 9-2 25
24. Pittsburgh 7-4 ---
25. Iowa State 6-4 16

About the College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 seed vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and Capital One Orange Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 7, 2019, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.