College Football Playoff picks after Week 5

Week 5 of the play yet gave america a glimpse of immoderate presumed College Football Playoff contenders against stouter competition.

It besides mightiness person reset what we thought astir different contenders. Four teams ranked successful the apical 10 of the AP canvass and successful past week's playoff picks -- the LSU Tigers, Penn State Nittany Lions, Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida State Seminoles each lost.

While different CFP contenders had large weekends, the Ohio State Buckeyes continued to softly instrumentality attraction of business, this clip successful their archetypal roadworthy crippled of the season. Julian Sayin threw for 208 yards and OSU cruised past the Washington Huskies. While the Buckeyes question to Illinois successful 2 weeks, their adjacent large trial volition apt travel connected Nov. 1 erstwhile they big Penn State.

Those Nittany Lions looked similar they would instrumentality a large measurement successful the Big Ten hierarchy, rallying from a 17-3 shortage to unit overtime against the Oregon Ducks. However, aft trading scores successful the archetypal overtime, Penn State QB Drew Allar threw a atrocious prime to end the game. Allar is present 0-6 against AP apical 6-ranked opponents and James Franklin is 4-21 astatine Penn State erstwhile facing AP top-10 teams.

In the SEC, the Ole Miss Rebels notched a large triumph for their eventual CFP lawsuit by beating LSU. The Alabama Crimson Tide, which mislaid successful their play opener to FSU, needed to debar a 2nd nonaccomplishment portion facing Georgia. The Tide jumped retired aboriginal similar they did a twelvemonth agone against the Bulldogs, and conscionable similar 2024, had to clasp connected for a tight win. Tide QB Ty Simpson threw for 276 yards and 2 scores.

Here are our experts' apical 12 College Football Playoff picks:

Andrea Adelson: 1. Ohio State 2. Miami 3. Oregon 4. Ole Miss 5. Oklahoma 6. Penn State 7. Texas A&M 8. Indiana 9. Iowa State 10. Georgia Tech 11. Texas Tech 12. Memphis

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Ole Miss 5. Oklahoma 6. Texas Tech 7. Penn State 8. Indiana 9. Alabama 10. Georgia 11. Iowa State 12. Memphis

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Ohio State 3. Ole Miss 4. Texas A&M 5. Miami 6. Texas Tech 7. Indiana 8. Vanderbilt 9. Iowa State 10. Georgia Tech 11. Missouri 12. Memphis

Eli Lederman: 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Miami 4. Ole Miss 5. Oklahoma 6. Texas A&M 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. Penn State 10. Georgia 11. Texas Tech 12. South Florida

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Ohio S...