As expected Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are headed to playoffs. Ohio State leapfrogs TCU after giving Wisconsin a historic beatdown in the Big-10 championship game. UCLA finishes no. 14 in the playoff rankings:
| Playoff | AP | Coaches | Massey computer composite | |
| 1 | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama | Alabama |
| 2 | Oregon | Florida State | Florida State | Oregon |
| 3 | Florida State | Oregon | Oregon | TCU |
| 4 | Ohio State | Baylor | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 5 | Baylor | Ohio State | Baylor | Florida State |
| 6 | TCU | TCU | TCU | Baylor |
| 7 | Mississippi State | Michigan State | Michigan State | Ole Miss |
| 8 | Michigan State | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Mississippi State |
| 9 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Georgia Tech | Michigan State |
| 10 | Arizona | Georgia Tech | Kansas State | Georgia |
| 11 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Arizona | Auburn |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | Arizona | Ole Miss | Kansas State |
| 13 | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia Tech |
| 14 | UCLA | UCLA | Missouri | UCLA |
| 15 | Arizona State | Arizona State | UCLA | Wisconsin |
| 16 | Missouri | Missouri | Arizona State | Missouri |
| 17 | Clemson | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Arizona |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Clemson | Clemson | LSU |
| 19 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn | Oklahoma |
| 20 | Boise State | Louisville | Louisville | Clemson |
| 21 | Louisville | Boise State | Boise State | Arizona State |
| 22 | Utah | LSU | Nebraska | Boise State |
| 23 | LSU | Utah | LSU | USC |
| 24 | USC | USC | Oklahoma | Louisville |
| 25 | Minnesota | Nebraska | Utah | Nebraska |
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Go Bruins.