The first College Football Playoff rankings came out last week and already two teams in the initial top four have lost.
The No. 4 Miami Hurricanes, the ACC’s highest ranked team, had been playing with fire having to come back from second-half deficits multiple times this season. It finally caught up to them. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets piled up 271 yards rushing to pull off the upset. Then the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs lost to someone other than the Alabama Crimson Tide for the first time since 2020 with the Ole Miss Rebels picking up the win to stay alive for a potential at-large playoff spot.
According to ESPN Research, it’s the third time that two of the top four teams in the initial CFP rankings have lost their next game (2019, 2022).
How could a fresh round of upsets shake things up? Here are our experts’ top 12 College Football Playoff picks:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 8. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. SMU 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Alabama 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. SMU 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Penn State 8. Notre Dame 9. Tennessee 10. Miami 11. Alabama 12. Boise State
David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Tennessee 7. Indiana 8. Ole Miss 9. Penn State 10. Notre Dame 11. Alabama 12. Boise State
Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Tennessee 7. Indiana 8. Penn State 9. Ole Miss 10. Alabama 11. Georgia 12. Boise State
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. SMU 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Notre Dame 10. Miami 11. Alabama 12. Boise State
Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Alabama 8. Indiana 9. Notre Dame 10. Ole Miss 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Tennessee 8. Alabama 9. Notre Dame 10. Penn State 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Georgia 12. Boise State
Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon. 2. Texas. 3. BYU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Miami 10. Ole Miss 11. Alabama 12. Georgia
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Ohio State 6. Indiana 7. Tennessee 8. Penn State 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. BYU 4. Miami 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 8. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
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