December 3, 2024
By Jerry Palm, CBS Sports: The fifth and penultimate edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday night with undefeated Oregon maintaining its spot at No. 1 as has been the case in every set of rankings during this initial year of the expanded 12-team field.
The only remaining undefeated team in the FBS, the Ducks sit in the top slot seeking to make their second playoff appearance overall — first since the four-team field debuted after the 2014 season — entering conference championship weekend.
Seven of 10 teams ranked No. 1 in a season’s initial CFP Rankings ultimately reached the playoff in the four-team era with Mississippi State (2014), Tennessee (2022) and Ohio State (2023) being the exceptions. With eight more spots in the field this season, Oregon sits in a strong position at 11-0 as the only remaining undefeated program in the nation.
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