College Football Playoff picks after Week 7

We walked into Saturday expecting a shakeup, and that's what we got.

Tennessee's triumph implicit Alabama means for the archetypal clip this season, ESPN's voters volition person a alteration successful their apical three.

A unanimous enactment each season, Alabama did not person immoderate votes aft losing to the Vols, a crippled which saw the Crimson Tide penalized 17 times for 130 yards, the astir accepted penalties successful the Nick Saban epoch (previous was 15 penalties earlier this play astatine Texas). Alabama allowed 52 points, the 4th astir successful programme past and astir since 1907 vs. Sewanee (54 points).

Instead of the Tide it was Tennessee that became a unanimous selection. Just however overmuch of a breakthrough was the triumph for the Vols? According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Tennessee had mislaid 28 consecutive games against AP Top 5 teams. Its past triumph earlier Saturday was Sept. 26, 2005, against No. 4 LSU. The Vols entered Saturday 1-28-1 all-time against Top-5 ranked Alabama teams with its lone triumph coming connected October 16, 1982. Saturday was Tennessee's archetypal triumph implicit an AP Top-5 hostile astatine location since beating No. 2 Florida connected Sept. 19, 1998.

Ohio State and Georgia are present the lone season-long unanimous selections. The Buckeyes were connected a bye, and the Bulldogs breezed past Vanderbilt, 55-0.

Elsewhere, Michigan's definitive triumph implicit Penn State vaulted the Wolverines into the voters' No. 4 spot. Michigan rushed for 418 yards against the antecedently unbeaten Nittany Lions successful garnering its astir votes of the season.

Here's a look astatine however ESPN's assemblage shot reporters spot the existent playoff picture.

Andrea Adelson: 1. Georgia 2. Tennessee 3. Ohio State 4. Michigan
Blake Baumgartner: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Tennessee 4. Clemson
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Georgia 2. Michigan 3. Ohio State 4. Tennessee
Bill Connelly: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Michigan 4. Tennessee
Heather Dinich: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Tennessee 4. Michigan
Chris Low: 1. Tennessee, 2. Ohio State, 3. Georgia, 4. Clemson
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Tennessee 4. Michigan
Ryan McGee: 1. Georgia, 2. Ohio State, 3. Tennessee, 4. Oregon
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Ohio State 2. Tennessee 3. Georgia 4. Michigan
Alex Scarborough: 1. Ohio State 2. Tennessee 3. Georgia 4. Clemson
Mark Schlabach: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Tennessee 4. Clemson
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Tennessee 4. Michigan
Dave Wilson: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. Tennessee