BYU Drops to 18 in College Football Playoff Rankings

The College Football Playoff Committee released its latest rankings Tuesday evening and dropped BYU from 13 to 18 following its first loss of the season. Coastal Carolina went from 18 to 13.

BYU is 9-1 on the season and its New Year’s 6 hopes are all but dashed. Barring another game on December 19, BYU’s regular season concludes this Saturday at home versus San Diego State. Kalani did say during his Monday press conference that BYU could schedule a game on the 19th. However, it is unclear at this point which teams BYU could schedule.

Bowl games have been cancelled due to COVID, but Tom Holmoe said that ESPN will place BYU in a bowl game if BYU does not qualify for a NY6 bowl. Many top tier non-NY6 bowls already have agreements with conferences, but BYU could potentially fill in if teams cannot or choose not to participate due to COVID concerns.

Below is the full Top 25:

1. Alabama

2. Notre Dame

3. Clemson

4. Ohio State

5. Texas A&M

6. Florida

7. Iowa State

8. Cincinnati

9. Georgia

10. Miami

11. Oklahoma

12. Indiana

13. Coastal Carolina

14. Northwestern

15. USC

16. Iowa

17. UNC

18. BYU

19. ULL

20. Texas

21. Colorado

22. Oklahoma State

23. North Carolina State

24. Tulsa

25. Mizzou