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The official College Football Playoff Rankings were released on Tuesday, and the Georgia Bulldogs came in at No. 3. The Ohio State Buckeyes were ranked ahead of Georgia at No.
2. Both teams are 7-1 heading into the Week 11 slate and have at least one ranked win this season. Ohio State lost to the No.
3 Oregon Ducks in Week 7 but beat the No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions in its last game. However, the Buckeyes only beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers by four points despite being a 25.
5-point favorite on ESPN BET . Georgia opened the season by beating the No. 14 Clemson Tigers and won a ranked game over the No.
1 Texas Longhorns but the Bulldogs also had close wins over the unranked Kentucky Wildcats and Mississippi State Bulldogs before losing to the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide. On a recent episode of "David Pollack College Football," Pollack reacted to the CFP Rankings show.
He believed the CFP Committee was encouraged by Ohio State's consistency this season and used that to justify ranking the Buckeyes ahead of Georgia. © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images "That means you take into account eyeball test already because Georgia and what they've done on the field is by far better than Ohio State," Pollack said. "Ohio State beat No.
3, Georgia crushed No. 1. Both were away from home.
Georgia also beat Clemson, which would have been the next best win probably. ..
.To me, that says the committee obviously respects Ohio State, and maybe the way they've been more consistent than Georgia is." CFP Rankings REACTION | First CFP Committee Rankings Revealed | November 5, 2024 https://t.
co/xPO3jztwwJ Ohio State made the playoff five times (2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022), while Georgia has three appearances (2017, 2021-22). Both have won national championships in the CFP era, with the Bulldogs winning two from 2021-22 and the Buckeyes winning the national title in 2014. Ohio State takes on the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday at noon ET on Fox.
Georgia plays the Ole Miss Rebels at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN+.
Related: David Pollack Makes His Way-Too-Early College Football Playoff Predictions.
