How to watch tonight's 12-team College Football Playoff rankings reveal show
We just wrapped up one of the wildest weekends of the season in college football. Five teams ranked in the Top-15 lost, three of them losing to unranked teams. It's going to be fascinating to see how the College Football Playoff selection committee sorts through all the chaos in their latest rankings.
Here's how you can watch the rankings reveal show and some things you should watch for in those rankings tonight...
Time and TV channel for tonight's 12-team College Football Playoff rankings reveal
The latest 12-team College Football Playoff rankings will be released at 7:00 PM CT. The reveal show will air on ESPN and the ESPN app.
What to watch for in tonight's rankings
Here are a few things to keep an eye on during tonight's rankings reveal...
How far do the SEC's losers tumble?
The SEC had a disastrous Saturday with tree teams - Ole Miss, Alabama, and Texas A&M - all taking bad losses to become three-loss teams. That presumably knocked them out of at-large contention (the Aggies can still go to Atlanta and earn an auto-bid), but did it really? Many are already trying to push for a 9-3 SEC team making the playoff as an at-large with the right combination of results on Rivalry Weekend. Will any of those three team be in a position where that's feasible? And what about a 3-loss South Carolina team lurking in the shadows?
Is the ACC in position to be a multi-bid league?
Because of the SEC's chaos, the ACC suddenly seems in much better shape to get multiple teams into the field. SMU and Miami entered last weekend in the Top-13, and both are 10-1 going into the final week. Clemson, previously 17th, won to move to 9-2. Will be see enough positive movement with that group where we could confidently say the ACC gets two teams in? And could all three making it be realistic?
Which league gets the final first round bye?
As the committee has shown in some of their early rankings, being a power conference champ doesn't assure you a first round bye in the playoff. It's the four highest-ranked champions regardless of conference, and last week, G5 leader Boise State was ranked ahead of any of the Big 12's contenders, giving the Broncos a bye. But Boise has looked suspect lately and barely got by a bad Wyoming team last weekend. Could Arizona State, who will undoubtedly be the Big 12's highest-ranked team, jump Boise this week? The Broncos had a 9-spot lead over the Sun Devils, but I don't know if it's out of the question.