Georgia Projected CFP No. 1 After Alabama Road Win — SkimNews
Get the Sports newsletter
Daily sports — scores, transfers, the storylines from the leagues you actually follow. Free.
- Georgia is projected No. 1 after a road victory at Alabama on Saturday night — its first statement win of the season, supplemented by Oklahoma's upset win that boosted the Bulldogs' résumé
- Texas dropped from No. 1 to No. 4 (4-1) after a 27-24 loss to Oklahoma; the Longhorns lost the turnover battle, went 3-of-14 on third downs, and committed eight penalties
- Week 6 produced rare top-10 shake-ups — the third time in AP poll history that at least three top-10 SEC teams lost on the same day, per ESPN Research, with Oregon also losing to UCLA and LSU falling in OT to Kentucky
- Miami climbed to No. 2 (5-0) without playing, though its only remaining game ESPN's FPI projects as a loss is Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, where the Irish get a 59% chance
- Notre Dame sits at No. 3 (6-0); Saturday's road game at BYU is its toughest test to date before the Nov. 7 Miami showdown
- Ohio State landed at No. 5 (5-1); remaining schedule features back-to-back road trips to Indiana and USC, then a Nov. 7 home game against Oregon
Why it matters: The No. 1 seed in this year's 12-team CFP gets to pick its own quarterfinal bowl, which makes Georgia's road win at Alabama suddenly enormous for postseason leverage. Texas, the previous No. 1, is exposed by offensive limitations — Arch Manning's third-down QBR (38.1) ranks outside the top 100 nationally — and now must play a road game at LSU on Nov. 14 to salvage seeding.
Ask SkimNews
