ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan football moved up to No. 2 in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings after a third-straight victory over Ohio State.
The Wolverines polished off another undefeated regular season Saturday with a 30-24 win over the now-Now. 6 Buckeyes. That, paired with a road win over No. 10 Penn State, gives Michigan one of the best resumes in the sport.
The CFP committee often references “wins over teams with winning records” in its evaluation, and the Wolverines have five such wins: Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, UNLV, and Bowling Green.
Michigan will head to Indianapolis on Saturday to battle Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game. A win would guarantee another trip to the playoff -- either as the No. 1 seed if Georgia loses to Alabama, or the No. 2 seed for the third year in a row.
Iowa has the top-ranked defense in the nation, according to SP+, but the No. 124 offense (out of 133 teams).
Georgia remains the No. 1 team in the CFP rankings thanks largely to a pair of wins that stack up well with Michigan’s: No. 9 Missouri and No. 11 Ole Miss. The Bulldogs have an additional pair of wins over teams with winning records: Tennessee and Kentucky.
Washington and Florida State round out the remaining undefeated Power Five teams.
Washington has ranked wins over No. 5 Oregon, No. 15 Arizona, and No. 20 Oregon State, in addition to three others with winning records: Utah, USC, and Boise State.
Florida State has knocked off two ranked teams in No. 13 LSU and No. 23 Clemson, as well as Duke and Miami.
Here’s the full top 25:
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Washington
- Florida State
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Alabama
- Missouri
- Penn State
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Louisville
- Arizona
- Iowa
- Notre Dame
- Oklahoma State
- N.C. State
- Oregon State
- Tennessee
- Tulane
- Clemson
- Liberty
- Kansas State
