College football’s Rivalry Week certainly delivered. Great games and potential College Football Playoff chaos.
While the No. 1 Oregon Ducks cruised past the Washington Huskies, others in the top 10 weren’t so lucky. The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes were stunned by the unranked Michigan Wolverines. It was OSU’s fourth consecutive loss to Michigan. This one cost the Buckeyes a trip to the Big Ten title game and a first round bye. Instead the Penn State Nittany Lions will face Oregon for the Big Ten title and, potentially, the top overall seed in the CFP.
The Miami Hurricanes, ranked No. 6 last week, blew a 21-point lead to the Syracuse Orange and lost a chance to play for the ACC championship. Instead the Clemson Tigers will meet the SMU Mustangs in Charlotte. The loss could cost the ACC multiple bids to the CFP and open the door to more two- or three-loss teams from the SEC or Big Ten.
Here are our experts’ top 12 College Football Playoff picks:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame 7. Indiana 8. South Carolina 9. Georgia 10. Tennessee 11. Arizona State 12. Ohio State
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Arizona State
Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. Boise State 12. Miami
David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. Miami
Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. South Carolina 12. Arizona State
Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Texas. 6. Notre Dame. 7. Ohio State 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. South Carolina 12. Arizona State
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. Boise State 12. Miami
Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Ohio State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Boise State 12. Miami
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. South Carolina
Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. South Carolina
Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. South Carolina 12. Arizona State
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. South Carolina
Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Penn State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. South Carolina 12. Arizona State
