Pitt Moves Up In Latest College Football Playoff Rankings

While it wasn’t a huge jump, the Pitt Panthers moved up again in the College Football Playoff Rankings.

In the latest rankings released Tuesday night, Pitt moved up one spot in the rankings to No. 17 and are now the highest ranked team in the ACC Conference.

In terms of the overall rankings this week, the three biggest storylines were 1) the jump for the Cincinnati Bears 2) the drops for Oregon and Michigan State 3) the Big 12 Champion might get shutout of the playoffs.

Here are the latest College Football Playoffs Top 25 Rankings:

1) Georgia
2) Ohio State
3) Alabama
4) Cincinnati
5) Michigan
6) Notre Dame
7) Oklahoma
8) Baylor
9) Ole Miss
10) Oklahoma
11) Oregon  (dropped 8 spots)
12) Michigan State (dropped five spots)
13) BYU (rose 1)
14) Wisconsin  (rose 1)
15) Texas A&M  (rose 1)
16) Iowa
17) PITT 
18) Wake Forest  (dropped 8 spots)
19) Utah (jumped up 4)
20) NC State
21) San Diego State
22) UTSA
23) Clemson
24) Houston
25) Arkansas (dropped 4)

ACC:  4 teams
BIG  10:  5 teams
SEC:  5 teams
BIG 12:  3 teams
PAC 12:  2 teams