All of the speculation ends this week as the College Football Playoff Committee releases their first rankings. One of the important things to watch for at this point is where the committee ranks one-loss teams. Who has the inside track to make the playoffs with one loss? Surely Alabama tops that list and Ohio State should not be too far behind, but where do teams like Notre Dame, Michigan, Oklahoma State and Baylor land? Teams towards the top of that list of teams with one loss are going to lose and some of these slightly more surprising one loss teams are going to creep their way up as long as they keep winning.
American: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, UCF
ACC: Clemson, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
C-USA: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Texas-San Antonio, UAB, UTEP, Wyoming
Independent: Army, BYU, Liberty, Notre Dame
MAC: Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan
MWC: Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State
Pac-12: Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington State
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Troy
