Overview
- Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M remained 1-2-3, Georgia moved into No. 4, and Alabama slid six spots to No. 10 after a 23-21 loss to Oklahoma.
- Under this year’s format, the five highest-ranked conference champions qualify and the top four overall receive first-round byes.
- If seeded today, byes go to Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Georgia, with first-round games of Tulane at Texas Tech, Miami at Ole Miss, Alabama at Oregon and Notre Dame at Oklahoma.
- Tulane entered at No. 24 to become the current Group of Five representative after South Florida dropped out following a loss to Navy.
- Miami sits No. 13 behind No. 9 Notre Dame despite a head-to-head win, and chair Hunter Yurachek said head-to-head is weighed when teams are in comparable evaluation tiers.