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The third College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night and IU football remained No. 2.
This week’s top 25: 1. Ohio State; 2. Indiana; 3. Texas A&M; 4. Georgia; 5. Texas Tech; 6. Ole Miss; 7. Oregon; 8. Oklahoma; 9. Notre Dame; 10. Alabama; 11. BYU; 12. Utah; 13. Miami (FL); 14. Vanderbilt; 15. USC; 16. Georgia Tech; 17. Texas; 18. Michigan; 19. Virginia; 20. Tennessee; 21. Illinois; 22. Missouri; 23. Houston; 24. Tulane; 25. Arizona State
The 12-team playoff will be finalized on Sunday, December 7, following conference championship weekend.
The rankings offer a snapshot of how the committee currently evaluates each team through 12 weeks of the regular season.
The CFP selection committee ranks its top 25 teams and at the conclusion of the regular season, the five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will be seeded into a 12-team bracket.
The four highest-seeded teams will receive a first-round bye.
The CFP first round matchups will feature four games between teams seeded No. 5 through No. 12. The higher-seeded team in each matchup will host.
Last season, Curt Cignetti’s first in Bloomington, IU football was the No. 10 seed and played at No. 7 Notre Dame. The Hoosiers lost 27-17 to the Fighting Irish, who would go on to finish as the eventual national runner-up to Ohio State.
The full CFP playoff schedule is available here.
Indiana, 11-0 overall, is 8-0 in Big Ten play, with home wins against Illinois, Michigan State, UCLA and Wisconsin and wins at Iowa, Oregon, Maryland and Penn State.
The Hoosiers have a bye this week before traveling to Purdue on Friday, Nov. 28, for the Old Oaken Bucket game.
Future CFP rankings release schedule on ESPN:
7-8 p.m. ET – Tuesday, Nov. 257-7:30 p.m. ET – Tuesday, Dec. 212-3 p.m. ET – Sunday, Dec. 7 (Selection Day)
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