College football Power Rankings after Week 11

In a play afloat of upsets, Week 11 was a instrumentality to normalcy arsenic the apical 10 lone saw 1 decision this week -- sorry, Oregon.

Georgia kept rolling successful its rubric defence with a comfy triumph against Mississippi State to clinch a spot successful the SEC rubric crippled portion LSU bushed Arkansas 13-10 to clinch the SEC West and a day with the Bulldogs successful aboriginal December.

In the Big Ten, Ohio State and Michigan kept cleanable seasons live against inferior league opponents arsenic it appears the 2 age-old rivals are acceptable to conscionable with everything connected the enactment connected Nov. 26.

TCU and Tennessee besides kept imaginable College Football Playoff berths live with comfy wins and the Pac-12's playoff hopes took a large deed arsenic Washington bushed Oregon late.

With lone 2 weeks near successful the regular season, the playoff tract is opening to finalize, which makes it a cleanable clip to cheque retired this week's Power Rankings.

1. Georgia Bulldogs (10-0)

The No. 1 Bulldogs clinched the SEC East with a 45-19 triumph astatine Mississippi State connected Saturday night, but manager Kirby Smart said helium won't commencement reasoning astir playing LSU successful the Dec. 3 SEC title crippled successful Atlanta anytime soon. Instead, Smart said his squad volition beryllium focused connected adjacent week's SEC finale astatine Kentucky and a Nov. 26 location crippled against rival Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs broke unfastened a adjacent crippled by outscoring Mississippi State 28-7 successful the 2nd half. Quarterback Stetson Bennett threw for 289 yards with 4 touchdowns (one rushing), and Georgia's defence constricted State to conscionable 47 rushing yards. Mississippi State went 3-for-14 connected 3rd down and 0-for-3 connected 4th down. -- Mark Schlabach

Up next: at Kentucky (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

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Georgia QB Stetson Bennett throws for 289 yards and 3 touchdowns and runs for a 4th successful the 45-19 triumph implicit Mississippi State to assertion the SEC East title.

2. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-0)

The communicative for these Buckeyes has been injuries and a docket with precise fewer genuine challenges. Indiana didn't supply overmuch resistance, arsenic Ohio State backmost C.J. Stroud responded from a career-worst passing show past clip retired to propulsion for 297 yards and 5 touchdowns successful a 56-14 win. Starting moving backmost TreVeyon Henderson (foot) missed his 2nd consecutive game, but Miyan Williams rushed for 147 yards earlier being carted disconnected with a limb injury. The champion quality for Ohio State was the play of freshman Dallan Hayden, who logged his archetypal vocation 100-yard rushing performance. Ohio State became the archetypal Big Ten squad since 1903 (Michigan) to people astatine slightest 45 points successful six consecutive location games successful the aforesaid season. -- Adam Rittenberg

Up next: at Maryland (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN app)

3. Michigan Wolverines (10-0)

The Wolverines bushed Nebraska 34-3 to spell 10-0 connected the season. It's conscionable the 3rd clip since 1975 that Michigan has started the play 10-0, on with the 1997 and 2006 teams. Running backmost Blake Corum has been carrying the load connected discourtesy for Michigan and helium came done against Nebraska with 162 yards rushing and 1 touchdown. Corum is the 3rd Big Ten subordinate implicit the past 15 seasons with astatine slightest 1 rushing touchdown successful their team's archetypal 10 games of the season. Michigan's defence besides showed up, holding Nebraska to 146 full yards and nary touchdowns successful the win. -- Tom VanHaaren

Up next: vs. Illinois (Saturday, noon ET, ABC/ESPN app)

4. TCU Horned Frogs (10-0)

The Horned Frogs went into Texas arsenic 7.5-point underdogs and morphed from an violative instrumentality to a squad susceptible of grinding Texas's star-studded discourtesy to a halt. The Longhorns managed conscionable 199 full yards, averaged 3.3 yards per play, and went 1-of-13 connected 3rd down en way to scoring 3 violative points. If the CFP committee is disquieted astir the Frogs' defense, arsenic they'd indicated successful past weeks, this was rather a statement. TCU is present 10-0 and has clinched a spot successful the Big 12 title crippled aft finishing 5-7 past year, and the Horned Frogs' charmed play continues. -- Dave Wilson

Up next: at Baylor

5. Tennessee Volunteers (9-1)

Hendon Hooker said adieu to Neyland Stadium successful style, and Tennessee came roaring backmost from its lone nonaccomplishment of the play with a 66-24 thrashing of Missouri connected Saturday. Hooker, who was sacked six times past week successful a 27-13 nonaccomplishment to Georgia, passed for 355 yards and 3 touchdowns and besides ran for a TD connected Senior Day. The Vols (9-1) racked up a school-record 724 yards of full discourtesy against a Missouri defence that entered the crippled ranked 13th nationally (304.1 yards per game). The Tigers had not allowed much than 26 points successful their erstwhile 7 games, which included a 26-22 nonaccomplishment to Georgia. Missouri pulled to wrong 28-24 midway done the 3rd quarter, but Tennessee reeled disconnected 38 unanswered points to implicit its archetypal unbeaten play astatine location since 2007. -- Chris Low

Up next: at South Carolina (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN app)

6. LSU Tigers (8-2)

A week aft putting up 32 points successful an overtime triumph against Alabama, LSU leaned connected its defence Saturday to bushed Arkansas 13-10 connected the roadworthy and clinched the SEC Western Division title and a berth successful the league rubric game. Arkansas was playing shorthanded without starting backmost KJ Jefferson, and the Tigers took afloat vantage by holding the Hogs to 249 full yards. LSU freshman linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. was everyplace with a school-record 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a walk deflection. The Tigers (8-2) won contempt a subpar time from backmost Jayden Daniels, who had been reddish blistery coming into the game. Daniels was held to 86 passing yards and sacked 7 times. -- Low

Up next: vs. UAB (Saturday, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN app)

7. USC Trojans (9-1)

There wasn't truly thing to summation for USC successful its crippled against Colorado. Win big, it's expected. Anything else, it's concerning. The Trojans inactive managed to get a small spot of both. They trailed 3-2 astatine the extremity of the archetypal 4th earlier cruising to a 55-17 win. Beyond that, there's not overmuch to work into. It would person been hard to ticker that crippled and travel distant reasoning amended of the Trojans than previously. -- Kyle Bonagura

Up next: at UCLA

8. Alabama Crimson Tide (8-2)

It wasn't a beauteous triumph astatine Ole Miss and it was a batch person than anyone connected the Alabama sideline wanted it to be, but past again not overmuch astir this play has gone according to program for Nick Saban's squad. At slightest this clip the Crimson Tide hung connected to the pb precocious connected the roadworthy and nary 1 ended the nighttime by storming the tract successful celebration. The defence successful peculiar deserves a extremity of the cap, bouncing backmost aft a unsmooth archetypal fractional to tighten the clamps connected the Ole Miss moving crippled and springiness up lone 1 second-half touchdown. -- Alex Scarborough

Up next: vs. Austin Peay (Saturday, noon ET, ESPN+/SECN+)

9. Clemson Tigers (9-1)

The Tigers bounced backmost from their nonaccomplishment to Notre Dame with a 31-16 triumph implicit Louisville acknowledgment to a ascendant show connected the ground, with 248 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns -- 1 each from Phil Mafah, Will Shipley and DJ Uiagalelei. Though Clemson turned the shot implicit 3 times against the assertive Louisville defense, the Cards were incapable to people points disconnected immoderate of the miscues arsenic the Tigers defence played a overmuch amended crippled than a week ago. Clemson has present won 39 consecutive location games, tied with Oklahoma (2005-11) for the second-longest streak successful the FBS since 1990. -- Andrea Adelson

Up next: vs. Miami (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN app)

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Will Shipley jumps implicit the Louisville defender for a Clemson touchdown.

10. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-1)

The Tar Heels clinched the Coastal Division and a spot successful the ACC title crippled with a 36-34 triumph implicit Wake Forest down different outstanding show from backmost Drake Maye, who went 31-of-49 for a career-high 448 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. That is the fourth-highest single-game full successful schoolhouse history. He besides rushed for 71 yards and a score. North Carolina is 6-0 connected the roadworthy this season, the highest distant triumph full successful schoolhouse history. Once again the Tar Heels needed a fourth-quarter comeback to win, thing that has go a spot of a trademark during this 9-1 start. -- Adelson

Up next: vs. Georgia Tech (Saturday, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN app)

11. Oregon Ducks (8-2)

And similar that, the Ducks' CFP dreams are dead. It's a effect that has the imaginable to haunt first-year manager Dan Lanning for his determination to spell for it connected 4th-and-1 with a infinitesimal and a fractional to go. With the crippled tied astatine 34, the Ducks went for it from their ain 33, lone to get stuffed. Four plays later, Washington kicked the game-winning tract extremity successful a thrilling Pac-12 game. -- Bonagura

Up next: vs. Utah (Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN app)

12. Utah Utes (8-2)

A dilatory commencement for the Utes gave mode to a trouncing of Stanford successful Salt Lake City. The Cardinal had a 7-0 pb aft 1 quarter, but by the clip the timepiece deed zero Utah had scored 42 unanswered points. It was a show fueled by a 180-yard rushing nighttime from Tavion Thomas who besides added 2 touchdowns. Cam Rising threw different pick, but his 3 touchdowns implicit the aerial nullified immoderate mistakes arsenic the Utes continued their march toward defending their Pac-12 title. -- Paolo Uggetti

Up next: at Oregon (Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN app)

13. Washington Huskies (8-2)

Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. threw for 408 yards and a brace of touchdowns arsenic the Huskies picked up their astir awesome triumph of the season, taking down No. 6 Oregon 37-34 successful Eugene. It's a triumph that volition wounded the Pac-12's playoff chances, not that the Huskies volition attraction successful the slightest. Oregon moved the shot astatine volition each crippled (592 yards) but it was the Huskies defence that forced a tract extremity successful the reddish portion late, past came up with a 4th-and-1 halt to acceptable up the game-winning tract goal. -- Bonagura

Up next: vs. Colorado

14. Penn State Nittany Lions (8-2)

The Nittany Lions defence came up large successful the 30-0 triumph implicit Maryland. Penn State held Maryland backmost Taulia Tagovailoa to conscionable 74 yards passing and nary interceptions. It besides held the Terps rushing onslaught to 60 full yards connected the ground. It was a dominating show and the discourtesy was capable to consistently enactment up points passim the crippled to springiness Penn State the win. Running backmost Nick Singleton continued his fantabulous freshman play with 122 yards and 2 touchdowns rushing. -- VanHaaren

Up next: at Rutgers

15. Ole Miss Rebels (8-2)

Lane Kiffin is going to privation that 1 back. In the archetypal half, his squad had it each figured out. The defence was stout, the moving crippled was firing connected each cylinders and Jaxson Dart was having occurrence pushing the shot down the tract done the air. But a 10-0 pb evaporated quickly, the moving crippled regressed ever truthful somewhat and Alabama was capable to spell connected a 23-7 tally during the last 30 minutes, 8 seconds of the game. And inactive Ole Miss had the shot precocious with a accidental to triumph and couldn't get the occupation done. -- Scarborough

Up next: at Arkansas (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network/ESPN app)

16. UCF Knights (8-2)

Senior backmost John Rhys Plumlee's triumphant instrumentality to the lineup spurred UCF to a 38-31 upset of Tulane connected Saturday. Plumlee accounted for 308 full yards (180 rushing) and 3 full touchdowns arsenic the Knights overwhelmed the Green Wave connected the crushed to the tune of a season-high 336 yards. The Knights' defence held Tulane to 176 full yards successful the archetypal half, which allowed them to prehend control. -- Blake Baumgartner

Up next: vs. Navy (Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN app)

17. Kansas State Wildcats (7-3)

Chris Klieman's Wildcats person spent the past fewer weeks alternating betwixt top-five caliber and mediocrity; connected Saturday successful Waco, it was acold much erstwhile than latter. Deuce Vaughn had 156 combined rushing and receiving yards, Will Howard threw for 196 yards and 3 scores disconnected the bench, and K-State dominated 3rd and 4th down (they won 20 of 30 plays connected those downs) to cruise to a 31-3 blowout of Baylor. The Bears had been connected a bully run, but the Wildcats won the cardinal plays and moved to 7-3 arsenic a result. At 5-2 successful league play, they're a crippled up connected Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas with 2 weeks to play. -- Bill Connelly

Up next: at West Virginia (Saturday, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN+)

18. UCLA Bruins (8-2)

The Bruins firepower ran retired connected Saturday nighttime astatine the Rose Bowl arsenic Dorian Thompson-Robinson couldn't implicit the comeback connected the last thrust of the crippled against Arizona. The discourtesy that had vaulted them to wins implicit Utah and Washington this play couldn't excavation itself retired the full the defence created from the jump. The Wildcats embraced their underdog status, going up 14-0 successful the archetypal 4th and past scoring 13 successful the fourth. It was conscionable capable to borderline retired the Bruins, who are present longshots to get into the league rubric game. -- Uggetti

Up next: vs. USC

19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3)

The Irish appeared to debar a post-Clemson hangover against Navy, surging to a 35-13 halftime pb down a near-flawless show by backmost Drew Pyne (14-of-16 passing, 234 passing yards, 3 touchdowns and a rushing touchdown). But Notre Dame's unusual play took a crook successful the 2nd half, arsenic Navy outscored the Irish 19-0 and held the visitors to 2 nett yards and lone 66 full rushing yards for the game. Pyne had lone 35 passing yards successful the 2nd half, but Notre Dame held connected to triumph its 4th consecutive nether first-year manager Marcus Freeman. -- Rittenberg

Up next: vs. Boston College (Saturday, 2:30 p.m. ET, NBC)

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Drew Pyne rushes successful for 11-yard touchdown

20. Florida State Seminoles (7-3)

The Seminoles snuck into the top-25 this past week and did much than beryllium that they merit that spot against Syracuse connected Saturday. For the 3rd crippled successful a row, Florida State's discourtesy got disconnected to a roaring start, scoring 24 points successful the archetypal fractional portion its defence dominated the Orange, holding them to a whopping 3 full points connected the night. Syracuse could lone cough up 160 full yards connected discourtesy (only 65 implicit the air) portion the Noles enactment up 420 yards of their own. It was a ascendant matter from commencement to decorativeness for Mike Norvell's team, which seems to person recovered its stride pursuing a three-loss agelong earlier this winning streak. -- Uggetti

Up next: vs. Louisiana (Saturday, noon ET, ESPN3)

21. Tulane Green Wave (8-2)

Tulane's five-game winning streak came to a halt Saturday arsenic UCF ran its mode to a 38-31 victory. The Green Wave's defence surrendered a season-high 336 rushing yards, with Knights elder backmost John Rhys Plumlee accounting for 176 and 2 scores. Green Wave inferior moving backmost Tyjae Spears (130 yards) went implicit the 100-yard rushing people for the 4th consecutive week and backmost Michael Pratt (23-of-38, 236 passing yards) had 4 full touchdowns (three passing). -- Baumgartner

Up next: vs. SMU (Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN app)

22. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (9-1)

Jarrett Guest made immoderate large plays early, and Bryce Carpenter helped prevention the time late. In their archetypal crippled aft learning that prima backmost Grayson McCall would beryllium retired for a fewer weeks with injury, Coastal Carolina played 2 antithetic QBs and survived a 26-23 conflict with Southern Miss by bolting to a 17-0 pb successful the archetypal 4th and holding connected for beloved life. Reese White's 2-yard score, pursuing a agelong tally by CJ Beasley, gave the pb backmost to the Chants with 9:20 left, and Coastal made a brace of fourth-down stops to determination to 9-1 wide and clinch the Sun Belt East title. -- Connelly

Up next: at Virginia (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3)

23. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-2)

Cincinnati's AAC rubric hopes are inactive live contempt the Bearcats getting considerably outgained (454-310) by East Carolina during the 27-25 triumph Friday. The Bearcats staved disconnected a precocious Pirates push, with inferior Ryan Coe's 21-yard tract extremity with 9:42 near successful regularisation providing the winning margin. Junior wide receiver Jadon Thompson's 100-yard kickoff instrumentality for a touchdown successful the archetypal 4th helped footwear Cincinnati into gear. Senior QB Ben Bryant (14-of-30 passing for 244 yards, 2 TDs, 1 interception) connected with elder Tre Tucker (55 yards) and inferior Tyler Scott (76 yards) for agelong first-half scores. -- Baumgartner

Up next: at Temple (Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, ESPNU/ESPN app)

24. Oregon State Beavers (7-3)

Coming disconnected a three-point nonaccomplishment to a Washington squad that bushed Oregon this week, the Beavers took retired their vexation connected a sinking Cal team, beating them handily 38-10 acknowledgment to different beardown show from backmost Ben Gulbranson. Gulbranson threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for different successful his 5th crippled since replacing starting backmost Chance Nolan this season. Apart from a blowout nonaccomplishment astatine the hands of Utah earlier this season, Oregon State has either won each crippled oregon mislaid by a tract goal. The quality to bounce backmost from a nonaccomplishment and grip a lesser hostile with easiness is simply a glimpse into the benignant of programme OSU has go nether Jonathan Smith. -- Uggetti

Up next: at Arizona State (Saturday, 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN app)

25. Troy Trojans (8-2)

It was tougher than expected, but Troy moved to 8-2 connected Saturday day with a 10-9 triumph implicit Army. Down 9-0 astatine halftime, the Trojans inched backmost into the game, taking the pb connected a 3-yard Gunnar Watson-to-Tez Johnson touchdown walk with 8 minutes left, past watched arsenic Quinn Maretzki missed a 42-yard tract extremity with 15 seconds left. (Maretzki had already missed a PAT, which provided the winning margin.) This wasn't the top crippled successful Jon Sumrall's debut play arsenic Troy caput coach, but they can't each beryllium pretty. -- Connelly

Up next: vs. UL Monroe (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+