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The latest ranking of the top-six teams from the College Football Playoff committee.
- The College Football Playoff committee released its final ranking before the playoff teams will be announced on Sunday.
- The big winner was Oklahoma, who is ranked fifth, ahead of Ohio State and in position to move into the top four if Georgia loses to Alabama, as expected.
- In all, eight teams are still alive for a spot in the playoff, including Michigan and UCF.
The penultimate College Football Playoff ranking is out and the Oklahoma Sooners are the big winners.
With one week to go before the committee chooses the four teams for the playoff, Oklahoma moved up to the all-important fifth spot over Ohio State. The Sooners are still not guaranteed a spot in the playoff with a win in the Big 12 championship game, but if it were to come down to OU and Ohio State, the Sooners would have the edge.
In all, eight teams still have a path to the playoff. Below, we ranked the remaining contenders based on who has the best chances to make the playoff.