With a few weeks remaining until College Football Playoff field is set, there are scant few undefeated teams remaining. Week 13 knocked out two more undefeated teams a few conference races messier.
The Indiana Hoosiers, No. 5 in last week’s rankings, played just their second AP top-five matchup in school history, against the Ohio State Buckeyes, No. 2 in the rankings. The Buckeyes thoroughly handled the Hoosiers, limiting them to just 151 total yards. A win next week against the Michigan Wolverines, will put Ohio State in the Big Ten title game for a rematch with the No. 1 Oregon Ducks.
In the Big 12, the BYU Cougars and Colorado Buffaloes could clinch spots with wins and a bit of help. Neither held up their end of the deal. BYU lost to the Arizona State Sun Devils and Colorado got ran all over by Devin Neal and the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Army Black Knights was the other unbeaten to fall in Week 13. They were beaten handily by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish who are a win over the USC Trojans away from likely reaching the playoff. Two teams working for at-large bids, at best — the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ole Miss Rebels — suffered road upsets which could knock them out of contention.
Here are our experts’ top 12 College Football Playoff picks:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. SMU 11. Indiana 12. Boise State
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. SMU 12. Arizona State
Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. SMU 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State
Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. SMU
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. Miami 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State
Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. SMU 11. Tennessee 12 Boise State
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. SMU 12. Arizona State
Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Miami 10. Tennessee 11. Indiana 12. Arizona State
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. SMU 12. Arizona State
Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. SMU 11. Indiana 12. Arizona State
