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Predicting what the CFP rankings will look like after insane Week 10

Just when we thought college football peaked in Week 7, we witnessed an incredible Week 10 on Saturday.

The headliner of the day was No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 1 Tennessee (CFP rankings). But that’s not the game people outside of Athens and Knoxville will be talking about this week after the Bulldogs dominated in a 27-13 win. The highlight of the day was LSU’s 32-31 overtime victory over Alabama. But we cannot forget Notre Dame’s absolute beat down of the Clemson Tigers, who the committee had ranked ahead of Michigan at No. 4.

We are pretty certain Georgia will be No. 1 in the second round of the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, and we can pencil Ohio State in at No. 2. But what happens after that? We know the committee loved LSU even before the win over Bama, so I’m mostly curious to see where the Tigers rank this week. Do they jump TCU? Does Tennessee fall below Michigan? How far do Alabama and Clemson drop?

Predicting what the second round of College Football Playoff rankings will look like, plus each team’s national title odds (courtesy of BetMGM), after Week 10:

25
Cincinnati Bearcats (7-2)

Kareem Elgazzar/Cincinnati Enquirer via USA TODAY NETWORK

Week 10: Beat Navy, 20-10

National title odds: +50,000

24
Florida State Seminoles (6-3)

Eric Espada/Getty Images

Week 10: Beat Miami, 45-3

National title odds: +50,000

23
UCF Knights (7-2)

Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Memphis, 35-28

National title odds: +50,000

22
Illinois Fighting Illini (7-2)

Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Lost to Michigan State, 23-15

National title odds: +50,000

21
Kansas State Wildcats (6-3)

Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Lost to Texas, 34-27

National title odds: +50,000

20
Liberty Flames (8-1)

Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Arkansas, 21-19

National title odds: +100,000

19
Texas Longhorns (6-3)

Syndication: Austin American-Statesman

Week 10: Beat Kansas State, 34-27 (Longhorns Wire)

National title odds: +6,600

18
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-3)

Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Clemson, 35-14

National title odds: +50,000

17
Tulane Green Wave (8-1)

Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Tulsa, 27-13

National title odds: +100,000

16
NC State Wolfpack (7-2)

Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Wake Forest, 30-21

National title odds: +50,000

15
North Carolina Tar Heels (8-1)

Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat UVA, 31-28 (Tar Heels Wire)

National title odds: +6,600

 

14
Penn State Nittany Lions (7-2)

Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Indiana, 45-14 (Nittany Lions Wire)

National title odds: +50,000

13
Utah Utes (7-2)

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Arizona, 45-10

National title odds: +10,000

12
UCLA Bruins (8-1)

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Arizona State, 50-36

National title odds: +10,000

11
Clemson Tigers (8-1)

Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Lost to Notre Dame, 35-14

National title odds: +10,000

10
USC Trojans (8-1)

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Cal, 41-35 (Trojans Wire)

National title odds: +5,000

9
Alabama Crimson Tide (7-2)

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Lost to LSU, 32-31 (OT)

National title odds: +2,500

8
Ole Miss Rebels (8-1)

Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Bye

National title odds: +8,000

7
Oregon Ducks (8-1)

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Colorado, 49-10 (Ducks Wire)

National title odds: +3,000

6
TCU Horned Frogs (9-0)

Syndication: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Week 10: Beat Texas Tech, 34-24

National title odds: +3,000

5
LSU Tigers (7-2)

Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

Week 10: Beat Alabama, 32-31 (OT)

National title odds: +5,000

4
Tennessee Volunteers (8-1)

Todd Kirkland/Getty Images

Week 10: Lost to Georgia, 27-13

National title odds: +2,000

3
Michigan Wolverines (9-0)

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Week 10: Beat Rutgers, 52-17

National title odds: +900

2
Ohio State Buckeyes (9-0)

Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Week 10: Beat Northwestern, 21-7

National title odds: +200

1
Georgia Bulldogs (9-0)

Todd Kirkland/Getty Images

Week 10: Beat Tennessee, 27-13

National title odds: +110

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