Following Alabama’s upset loss to the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday, America has a new, unquestioned No. 1 team.
The Georgia Bulldogs are 6-0, have beaten back-to-back ranked programs by a combined score of 71-10 and have another ranked meeting this weekend with the Kentucky Wildcats.
Then-ranked No. 4 Penn State fell to Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend. Alabama’s loss allowed Iowa to move up to No. 2 in the nation. Oklahoma and Cincinnati, though neither had terribly impressive victories, climbed one spot as well to No. 3 and 4.
The College Football Playoff rankings are not officially released until November 2, but we are starting to get a pretty clear picture of how things should look when the initial rankings are revealed.
CBS Sports released its bowl projections following a crazy Week 6 and the outlet has the Bulldogs ranked No. 1, meaning it will take on the No. 4 team in the playoff semifinal from the Orange Bowl.
Here’s how CBS Sports projects the playoff to look…
ORANGE BOWL – College Football Playoff semifinal – December 31 – #1 vs #4
No. 1 Georgia vs No. 4 Cincinnati
This would be a dream scenario for Georgia. Nothing against Cincinnati, but talk about a free ride to the national championship game.
COTTON BOWL – College Football Playoff semifinal – December 31 – #2 vs #3
No. 2 Iowa vs No. 3 Oklahoma
This one would be interesting. Oklahoma has not looked worthy all season of its high ranking, yet the Sooners still have a 0 in the loss column. Iowa has looked good, but has never been here before.
Either way, I don’t see any of these teams being able to hang with Georgia.
