Ohio St., UGA, Michigan, FSU remain in CFP’s top 4

• Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 7, 2023, 07:17 PM ET

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No. 1 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, exposed Tuesday night on ESPN, as the top eight teams were unchanged from a week ago.But the capacity for movement exists in the next rankings, with two top-10 matches set for this weekend.No.

2 Georgia hosts No. 9 Ole Miss, while No. 3 Michigan travels to play No. 10 Penn State. The Bulldogs have the opportunity for 2 top-15 wins in a row, after beating No. 14 Missouri recently. For Michigan, this will be the very first chance all season to play a ranked opponent, and that would assist enhance its résumé– as the Wolverines have the No. 111-ranked strength of schedule, according to ESPN.Ranking Rec.1.

loss this season, followed by Texas at No. 7 and Alabama at No. 8.”We reacted well. We revealed back up at practice the next week, and we took it individual,”Oregon quarterback Bo Nix stated on the rankings launch program on ESPN, describing the loss to Washington.”The ongoing repetition that we’ve had, and the development that we’ve shown, has put us in a good spot

.”Though the Tide beat LSU 42-28 last weekend, the Tigers(6-3 )remained in the top 25 as the highest-ranked three-loss group at No. 19. Notre Dame, another three-loss team, also stayed in the leading 25 at No. 20 after a loss to Clemson.”You desire as lots of viewpoints, as you can, to come out to what we think is the best response,”

CFP chairman Boo Corrigan stated on the show.”We remain in Week 10 right now, and based upon Week 10 we’re making what we feel are the best choices. “Texas appears to be the only expect the Huge 12 after Oklahoma lost to Oklahoma State. The Sooners dropped to No. 17

, right behind the Cowboys and No. 16 Kansas. But Texas would need to win out and get some help to have any chance at making it into the top four.Tulane is the only ranked Group of 5 group, at No. 23, after then-No. 24 Flying force lost to Army on Saturday.Buckeyes coach Ryan Day, in his weekly

news conference Tuesday, was asked about rankings and how his program approaches the release each Tuesday night.”I believe you have a lot of guys on our team that have simply type of been through all of this before, and they understand it means definitely nothing, and their goal is to win the entire thing and

to be the No. 1 group at the end of the year, “Day said. “We wish to win them all, which’s

all that matters. At the end, they’ll rank us, however we’re just going to try to win them all, and it continues this Saturday.” Editor’s Picks 2 Related For the second time in as numerous weeks on the program, Corrigan was asked about the committee’s position on the investigation into Michigan’s sign stealing, and how– or if– it shows up in discussions. “Not to be recurring, [but] our objective, as a committee, is to evaluate the teams that are qualified for the postseason,”Corrigan said.” This is not a CFP committee issue.”

Among notable teams joining the leading 25 today– Arizona(6-3 )at No. 21, Iowa(7-2)at No. 22 and North Carolina (7-2 )at No. 24. The Wildcats, making their very first CFP rankings appearance given that 2017, have three straight wins against groups that were ranked

at the time they played.Though Iowa has once again had a hard time to score points, beating Northwestern 10-7 on Saturday, and has currently revealed offensive planner Brian Ferentz will not return after this season,

the Hawkeyes simply keep finding methods to win.This is the 5th time in the previous six seasons that Iowa has been ranked by the CFP committee.