College Football Playoff rankings: Joel Klatt's takeaways from second rankings

The second edition of the College Football Playoff rankings is always interesting, at least to me. It gives you the first glimpse of how the committee sees these teams on a week-to-week basis.

This year's second edition of the CFP rankings was made even more interesting after multiple top-five teams went down in Week 11. Oregon and Ohio State remained in the top two, while Texas slid up to No. 3. Penn State and Indiana entered the top five as a result, while another undefeated, BYU, was ranked sixth. 

Georgia, who was previously ranked third, dropped all the way down to No. 12 following its loss to Ole Miss. Miami (Fla.), meanwhile, went down to No. 9, dropping five spots after its loss to Georgia Tech.

Here are my top takeaways from the latest CFP top 25 poll. 

The first thing that immediately jumped out to me was the vast difference that the committee viewed Indiana and BYU. Last week, I thought Indiana and BYU were being undervalued by the committee before each jumped up three spots this week.

You could make the argument that each team moved after arguably having their worst performance of the season. Indiana didn't look like the Indiana team we've been accustomed to seeing in the second half of its win over Michigan. BYU was fortunate to win that incredible game against Utah, getting that penalty at the end to extend the game.

Still, the committee rewarded Indiana and BYU. I thought it was a bit of a human movement because the committee heard what people were saying after last week. After the first ranking, I thought both teams were in a spot where they had to go undefeated in the regular season or even win the conference championship. Now, I think each might have a mulligan, or at least Indiana does. 

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