Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 11

Is there room for five SEC teams in the 12-team bracket?
Alabama beat LSU to remain undefeated in SEC play.
Alabama beat LSU to remain undefeated in SEC play. / Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images

This is how The Dash would seed the College Football Playoff if today was Selection Sunday:

Projected College Football Playoff Seeding After Week 11

  1. Ohio State
  2. Indiana
  3. Texas A&M
  4. Alabama
  5. Georgia
  6. Texas Tech
  7. Oregon
  8. Mississippi
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Texas
  11. Georgia Tech
  12. South Florida

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On the bubble

  • Oklahoma
  • Miami
  • Vanderbilt
  • USC
  • Michigan
  • Pittsburgh
  • BYU

First-round games

  • No. 12 South Florida at No. 5 Georgia
  • No. 11 Georgia Tech at No. 6 Texas Tech
  • No. 10 Texas at No. 7 Oregon
  • No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Mississippi

Quarterfinals

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

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Pat Forde
PAT FORDE

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.