Computer Rankings: Top 5 Unchanged as First Playoff Committee Rankings Loom

October 29, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

The top 5 remain unchanged in the latest Congrove Computer Rankings, released shortly after San Jose State 35-0 win at Hawaii was the last game to go final.

Michigan, Florida State, Ohio State, Georgia and Washington - in that order - continue to lead the pack.

Top-ranked Michigan was idle, but the 'Noles, Buckeyes, and Huskies all picked up road wins while the 'Dawgs took care of Florida at their annual neutral game in Jacksonville.

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The biggest news of the day was No. 9 Oklahoma's 38-33 loss at Kansas. The Sooners slipped to No. 15 in the rankings, which seems a bit extreme. for a 1-loss team that earlier handed Texas its only defeat.

Oregon routed then-No. 12 Utah 35-6 and took a huge jump from 10 to 6, right behind the Washington team that beat the Ducks by 3 earlier this year.

Texas bumps up a notch after romping past BYU 35-6.

Idle Alabama slips 2 spots to 9th., and Ole Miss rises 1 to 10th on the heels of a 33-7 win at home over Vanderbilt.

Nos. 11 through 14 are LSU, Notre Dame (+8 spots), Kansas State (+6), and Air Force.

Duke is the only team that dropped from the top 25 after a 23-0 loss at Louisville. UCLA enters at No. 25 after a 28-16 win over Colorado.

No. 21 Tulane is the top team in-line for the Group of 5 invitation to the New Year's Six Bowls. The 1-loss Green Wave are two spots ahead of the 8-0 Dukes this week. Last year, Tulane played in the Cotton Bowl and defeated USC 46-45.

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Undefeated Teams

A total of 8 teams remain undefeated after Oklahoma fell from those ranks.

Here are the undefeated teams, by conference, with their rank in parenthesis:
American: None
ACC: (2) Florida State
B1G: (1) Michigan, (3) Ohio State
Big 12: None
CUSA: (33) Liberty
INDEPENDENTS: None
MAC: None
MWC: (14) Air Force
PAC-12: (5) Washington
SEC: (4) Georgia
SUN BELT: (23) James Madison

The highest-ranked Group of Five schools this week are (14) Air Force, (21) Tulane and (23) James Madison, The lowest-ranked undefeated team is Liberty at No. 33 which has faced the No. 131 schedule out of 133 FBS teams.

Top 25 Breakdown By Conference

The SEC and PAC-12 lead all conferences with 6 each in the Top 25, followed by the ACC, B1G, Big 12 with 3 apiece

Four spots belong to teams outside of the Power 5 Conferences with 1 Independent, and 1 each from the American, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

The highest ranked teams from the other two conferences are Toledo at 30 (MAC) and Liberty at 33 (CUSA).

ACC
2. Florida State
18. North Carolina
22. Louisville

AMERICAN
21. Tulane

B1G
1. Michigan
3. Ohio State
8. Penn State

BIG 12
7. Texas
13. Kansas State
15. Oklahoma

INDEPENDENTS
12. Notre Dame

MWC
14. Air Force

PAC-12
5. Washington
6. Oregon
19. Utah
20. USC
24. Oregon State
25. UCLA

SEC
4. Georgia
9. Alabama
10. Ole Miss
11. LSU
16. Tennessee
17. Missouri

SUN BELT
23. James Madison