College Football Playoff Rankings: Huskers can knock out Hawkeyes

The Nebraska Cornhuskers aren’t quite done factoring into the College Football Playoff rankings. Sitting at (4-6) the Huskers need two more wins to earn a Bowl bid. Although, the Huskers have no shot to make the College Football Playoff, they’ll have a real shot to alter the entire landscape of college football.

The second installment of the College Football Playoff rankings features two Big Ten teams in the Top 5. The No.3 Ohio State Buckeyes have the longest winning streak in the country, but they were surpassed by the No.2 Alabama Crimson Tide. Meanwhile, the No.5 Iowa Hawkeyes jumped ahead of No.6 Baylor Bears on Tuesday. In fact, the Hawkeyes moved up four spots after the Week 1 College Football Playoff rankings. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish moved into the final College Football Playoff spot.

The Hawkeyes are (9-0) with three games remaining on the schedule. However, all three opponents are on the bottom of the Big Ten West. This week the Hawkeyes welcome the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Then they face the Purdue Boilermakers at home. If the Hawkeyes win both of those games, they’ll already have clinched the Big Ten West division. However, there will be one more game left in the regular season.

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The Huskers will host the Hawkeyes in their annual rivalry game. With Nebraska already knocking off No.13 Michigan State Spartans last week, the Huskers have a chance for their second Top 10 win in the month of November. However, it will only happen if Iowa is still undefeated when they meet.

Overall, the Big Ten has six teams in the College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings. The No.14 Michigan Wolverines are one spot behind the Spartans. It’s fitting, since they lost their battle with the Spartans on the last play. The Wolverines still have a date with the Buckeyes, so their chances to win the Big Ten East is still wide open.

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The Northwestern Wildcats come in at No.18. Their only two losses came to the Wolverines and Hawkeyes in back to back weeks. They are joined by the No.25 Wisconsin Badgers.

Here is the College Football Playoff Top 25.

1. Clemson Tigers
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5. Iowa Hawkeyes
6. Baylor Bears
7. Stanford Cardinal
8. Oklahoma State Cowboys
9. LSU Tigers
10. Utah Utes
11. Florida Gators
12. Oklahoma Sooners
13. Michigan State Spartans
14. Michigan Wolverines
15. TCU Horned Frogs
16. Florida State Seminoles
17. Mississippi State Bulldogs
18. Northwestern Wildcats
19. UCLA Bruins
20. Navy Midshipmen
21. Memphis Tigers
22. Temple Owls
23. North Carolina Tarheels
24. Houston Cougars
25. Wisconsin Badgers