Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 9

Texas A&M bolstered its case with a win at LSU while Vanderbilt makes a big jump.

Texas A&M made a statement with a big win at LSU. / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

Here is my latest College Football Playoff top 12, plus matchups, if today were Selection Sunday. The first CFP selection committee rankings are coming Nov. 4.

Ranking 4–11 is increasingly difficult. Alabama has the most quality wins, but also has an increasingly bad loss to fading Florida State. The Dash is slotting Oregon and Miami ahed of the Crimson Tide for now. In the SEC pecking order, the Tide should be ahead of Georgia, which should be ahead of Mississippi, which is slightly ahead of Vanderbilt after big wins for the Rebels and Commodores.

BYU and Georgia Tech have done nothing wrong to date. They just haven’t done enough right yet to get ahead of the SEC logjam.

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College Football Playoff Projected Seeding After Week 9

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Oregon
5. Miami
6. Alabama
7. Georgia
8. Mississippi
9. Vanderbilt
10. BYU
11. Georgia Tech
12. Navy

Also considered

• Notre Dame
• Texas Tech
• Louisville
• Cincinnati
• Houston

First Round

• No. 12 Navy at No. 5 Miami
• No. 11 Georgia Tech at No. 6 Alabama
• No. 10 BYU at No. 7 Georgia
• No. 9 Vanderbilt at No. 8 Mississippi

Quarterfinals

• Cotton Bowl: No. 4 Oregon vs. winner of No. 12 Navy at No. 5 Miami
• Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. winner of No. 11 Georgia Tech at No. 6 Alabama
• Orange Bowl: No. 2 Indiana vs. winner of No. 10 BYU at No. 7 Georgia
• Rose Bowl: No. 1 Ohio State vs. winner of No. 9 Vanderbilt at No. 8 Mississippi

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