As always Alabama is number one. Clemson is 2 , followed by Notre Dame and Georgia. Oklahoma moved up from 6 to 5 after beating West Virginia. Ohio State jumped from 10 to 6 after beating Michigan.

Georgia plays Alabama on Saturday in the SEC Championship Game. If Georgia loses, Oklahoma and Ohio State will be in line to assume the No. 4 position.
Oklahoma plays No. 14 Texas on Saturday in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Longhorns gave the Sooners their only loss of the season. Ohio State has No. 21 Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game. Given that Oklahoma is playing a better opponent, Ohio State will likely need an Oklahoma loss or a convincing win over Northwestern and a close Oklahoma win over Texas to have a shot at jumping the Sooners on Sunday and make the playoff.