Last week, the first official rankings of the College Football Playoff field for 2024 were released. Since then, Georgia (No. 3 last week) lost to to Ole Miss (No. 16), Miami (No. 4) took its first loss of the season to unranked Georgia Tech, and LSU (15) lost to Alabama (11). While these preliminary rankings technically hold no weight on the final bracket, they give some insight into what the selection committee is valuing and devaluing.
It's safe to say we may see some movement from last week's rankings—which can be found here—which will give even more insight into the factors the committee views as valuable.
There were not any bombshell surprises in the rankings last week, and a field of 12—new to 2024—gives the committee plenty of leeway to make sure the very best teams are included in the rankings.
This will be updated as rankings are revealed on Nov. 12. Rankings will begin to be unveiled between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. ET.
This bracket will be updated live as results are released.
Here is the 12-team bracket as it stands from last week's rankings, in the meantime:
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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.
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