UGA, Bama, Oregon, OSU still top CFP rankings

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The No. 3 Ducks remained one spot ahead of the Buckeyes, as the committee apparently still gives a lot of weight to Oregon's 35-28 victory at Ohio State on Sept. 11.
But when it comes down to those two, the fact that Oregon went to Ohio State and beat them in the Horseshoe, when the vote came down this week, that's the way the vote came out."
Undefeated Cincinnati, which is attempting to become the first team from a Group of 5 conference to make the playoff, remained at No. 5 after a 45-28 win at South Florida on Friday night.
According to research by ESPN Stats & Information, no team outside the top 10 at this point in the season has gone on to reach the playoff; the lowest rank with 19 days left to reach the playoff is ninth (Michigan State in 2015, Oklahoma in 2019).