LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia should maintain the top four spots, and Alabama held on to the No. 5 spot despite the loss of Tua Tagovailoa suffered a season-ending hip injury. Oregon and Utah have the No. 6 and No. 7 spots, respectively, and that is good news for the Pac-12. Oklahoma remains at No. 9 despite beating undefeated Baylor last week.
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The College Football Playoff rankings will be released each Tuesday leading up to conference championship weekend, and the final rankings will be unveiled on Dec. 8.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 28 at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The CFP championship game will be Jan. 13 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
With that, the third set of College Football Playoff rankings:
