Rob Sapp

🏈 CFP TOP 25 PREDICTIONS 📊 Saturday delivered one of the wildest slates of the college football season. No. 1 Miami falls. Georgia humiliates Ole Miss. Tennessee dismantles Kentucky. Oregon storms into Columbus and takes down Ohio State. So where does the CFP committee go from here? We’ve evaluated the previous rankings, season-long résumés, strength of schedule, quality wins, head-to-head results, and the committee’s historical tendencies. 🚨 These are NOT our personal rankings. These are our predictions for how the CFP committee will rank teams Tuesday, including the perceived SEC bias that has historically influenced the rankings. 🏆 PROJECTED CFP TOP 25 1. Georgia Bulldogs ⬆️ (2) 2. Utah Utes ⬆️ (3) 3. Alabama Crimson Tide ⬆️ (5) 4. Texas Longhorns ⬆️ (7) 5. Indiana Hoosiers ⬇️ (4) 6. Notre Dame Fighting Irish ⬆️ (11) 7. Tennessee Volunteers 🚀 (13) 8. Miami Hurricanes ⬇️ (1) 9. UCLA Bruins ⬇️ (8) 10. Texas Tech Red Raiders ⬆️ (15) 11. Wake Forest Demon Deacons ⬆️ (16) 12. BYU Cougars ⬇️ (9) 13. Kentucky Wildcats ⬇️ (6) 14. Ole Miss Rebels ⬇️ (10) 15. Houston Cougars ⬆️ (17) 16. Oregon Ducks ⬆️ (23) 17. Iowa Hawkeyes ⬆️ (19) 18. USC Trojans ⬆️ (20) 19. Ohio State Buckeyes ⬇️ (12) 20. Arizona Wildcats ⬆️ (22) 21. South Carolina Gamecocks ➖ (21) 22. LSU Tigers ⬇️ (14) 23. Missouri Tigers ⬇️ (18) 24. Boise State Broncos ⬆️ (25) 25. Duke Blue Devils 🆕 *Texas Tech’s placement assumes a victory over West Virginia. 🔥 BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS 🐶 GEORGIA CLAIMS NO. 1 A 42–7 road demolition of No. 10 Ole Miss, combined with Miami’s loss, should put Georgia atop the rankings. 🐘 SEC BIAS PUTS ALABAMA AND TEXAS AHEAD OF INDIANA Alabama dominates No. 14 LSU 31–13. Texas handles No. 18 Missouri 34–20. Meanwhile, Indiana sits idle. We expect the committee to reward the ranked SEC victories and place both ahead of the Hoosiers. Does Indiana deserve to drop? Not necessarily. But we’re predicting the committee, not making our own rankings. ☘️ NOTRE DAME FINALLY GETS ITS SIGNATURE WIN The Irish defeat No. 1 Miami 31–24, earning arguably the most important victory of the weekend. We project a five-spot jump to No. 6. 🍊 TENNESSEE GETS REWARDED The Volunteers dismantle No. 6 Kentucky 34–6 and already own a 26–10 head-to-head victory over Alabama. Despite that, we believe the committee will keep Alabama higher based on the overall résumé. Tennessee jumps Miami and UCLA to No. 7. 🌴 MIAMI FALLS TO NO. 8 A seven-point road loss at Notre Dame isn’t disastrous, but the Hurricanes no longer have an undefeated résumé. With multiple SEC contenders strengthening their cases, we expect Miami to slide seven spots. 📉 BYU FALLS, BUT NOT OFF A CLIFF Losing 28–20 on the road against undefeated No. 3 Utah shouldn’t warrant an enormous punishment. BYU also owns a head-to-head victory over Notre Dame. We project the Cougars at No. 12, remaining ahead of several three-loss contenders. 🦆 OREGON CLIMBS, BUT THREE LOSSES STILL MATTER A 41–28 victory at Ohio State is a tremendous résumé-building win. However, jumping from No. 23 into the top 12 would require the committee to overlook significant concerns about Oregon’s overall body of work. Our prediction: No. 16. 👀 FIRST FIVE OUTSIDE THE TOP 12 13. Kentucky 14. Ole Miss 15. Houston 16. Oregon 17. Iowa The committee has some difficult decisions ahead, particularly when comparing two-loss teams with stronger records against three-loss teams with better signature victories. And remember, the top 12 ranked teams aren’t necessarily the 12 playoff participants. Conference champion automatic qualifiers can change the field. 📊 PREDICTING THE COMMITTEE ≠ AGREEING WITH THE COMMITTEE. Our projections account for how the committee has historically evaluated conference strength, quality wins, losses, and strength of schedule. That includes a perceived SEC advantage, whether fans agree with it or not. 💬 THREE BIG QUESTIONS: 🔹 Should Alabama and Texas jump Indiana? 🔹 Does Tennessee deserve to rank ahead of Miami? 🔹 Is BYU at No. 12 too harsh after a close loss at Utah? #CFB #CollegeFootball #CFBPlayoff #CFPRankings