With the first College Football Playoff rankings to be released on Tuesday, Week 9's games were the last chance for some teams to make their cases to be included in the top four of the committee's initial rankings.
How will Saturday's top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back every week as the odds are updated following that week's games.
The Georgia Bulldogs and Florida State Seminoles did so in resounding fashion. Behind 388 total yards and four touchdowns from quarterback Jordan Travis, FSU crushed the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 41-16. In Jacksonville for the annual rivalry with the Florida Gators, UGA also easily took care of business. In the 43-20 win, the Bulldogs didn't seem to miss star tight end Brock Bowers, who was out with an ankle injury. Eight different Georgia players caught passes and the running game piled up 171 yards.
The Oklahoma Sooners — the last undefeated team in the Big 12 — fell. After leading the Kansas Jayhawks 21-17 at halftime, OU's defense fell apart in the second half. First, KU quarterback Jason Bean ripped off a 38-yard touchdown run, then the Jayhawks mounted touchdown drives of 65 and 80 yards to finish off the upset. It was Kansas' first win in the series since 1997.
The other two remaining undefeated Power 5 teams — the Washington Huskies and Ohio State Buckeyes — survived road games. Ohio State again won a low-scoring slugfest, beating the Wisconsin Badgers 24-10. The Huskies, coming off a scare against the Arizona State Sun Devils last week, traded big plays with the Stanford Cardinal before holding on to win 42-33. Huskies quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate
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