The College Football Playoff Selection Committee has released their second Top 25 rankings of the season after Week 10 of college football. We saw three of last week's top six teams fall this week as Alabama, Clemson, and Tennessee all lost on Saturday. Only a few teams remain undefeated as the season continues deeper into November.
Georgia moves into the top spot this week after a huge win over Tennessee. Ohio State remains at No. 2, while Michigan and TCU move into the top four with Clemson and Tennessee dropping. The Vols join Oregon in the first two out.
While there are certain ties and traditions that contribute to bowl game selections (the highest-ranked Big Ten and Pac-12 teams in the CFP head to the Rose Bowl, as does the best Big 12 team to the Sugar Bowl), most of what happens from this committee will decide who plays where in both the College Football Playoff and the rest of the New Year's Six bowl games.
The Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl will serve as the semifinals for 2022-23, with the Cotton, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Sugar Bowl making up the rest of the list.
Here is the complete Top 25 list of teams for November 8, the second rankings from the 2022 College Football Playoff Selection Committee.
2022 College Football Playoff Rankings as of November 8
1. Georgia Bulldogs
2. Ohio State Buckeyes
3. Michigan Wolverines
4. TCU Horned Frogs
5. Tennessee Volunteers
6. Oregon Ducks
7. LSU Tigers
8. USC Trojans
9. Alabama Crimson Tide
10. Clemson Tigers
11. Ole Miss Rebels
12. UCLA Bruins
13. Utah Utes
14. Penn State Nittany Lions
15. North Carolina Tar Heels
16. NC State Wolfpack
17. Tulane Green Wave
18. Texas Longhorns
19. Kansas State Wildcats
20. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
21. Illinois Fighting Illini
22. UCF Knights
23. Florida State Seminoles
24. Kentucky Wildcats
25. Washington Huskies