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The Alabama Crimson Tide took the final spot in the College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings for conference championship weekend, which were announced during ESPN's live broadcast Tuesday (November 26) night.
Alabama was the only three loss team to be included in the projected college football bracket.
The College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 teams this season with conference champions automatically included in to the field. The four highest-ranked conference champions are seeded Nos. 1-4 and receive first-round byes.
Seven at-large teams will be determined by the remaining highest-ranked teams and seeds 5-8 will host first-round matchups. Boise State and BYU, who both rank lower than Tennessee, are currently leading their respective conferences and would secure the No. 4 and No. 12 seeds, respectively
The full College Football Playoff Top 25 poll for conference championship weekend is listed below with current playoff seeds listed in bold:
- Oregon (Big Ten)- 12-0
- Texas (SEC)- 11-1
- Penn State (SEC)- 11-1
- Notre Dame (IA Independents)- 11-1
- Georgia (SEC)- 10-2
- Ohio State (Big Ten)- 10-2
- Tennessee (SEC)- 10-2
- SMU (ACC)- 11-1
- Indiana (Big Ten)- 11-1
- Boise State (MWC)- 11-1
- Alabama (SEC)- 9-3
- Miami (FL)- 10-2
- Ole Miss (SEC)- 9-3
- South Carolina (SEC)- 9-3
- Arizona State (Big 12)- 10-2 (Current Big 12 conference leader)
- Iowa State (Big 12)- 10-2
- Clemson (ACC)- 9-3
- BYU (Big 12)- 10-2
- Missouri (SEC)- 9-3
- UNLV (MWC)- 10-2
- Illinois (Big Ten)- 9-3
- Syracuse (ACC)- 9-3
- Colorado- (Big 12)- 9-3
- Army (AAC)- 10-1
- Memphis (AAC)- 10-2