The main five groups in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, delivered Tuesday, stayed unaltered, while Iowa State’s season finisher trusts got a lift and Cincinnati’s consumed another blow.

Alabama keeps on opening the rankings at No. 1, trailed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Texas A&M. Notre Dame and Clemson are planned to meet for the second time this season in Saturday’s ACC title game.

Scratch Saban’s Crimson Tide (10-0) head into the SEC title game to confront No. 7 Florida, which dropped just one spot after a 37-34 home misfortune to 3-5 LSU. Ohio State, which most as of late played Dec. 5 and has logged just five games this season, takes on No. 14 Northwestern for the Big Ten title.

Iowa State, which was inert this previous end of the week, climbs a spot to No. 6 entering the Big 12 title game against No. 10 Oklahoma. The Cyclones, Gators and No. 8 Georgia all have two misfortunes, however sit in front of undefeated No. 9 Cincinnati (8-0), which has dropped one spot in every one of the previous two rankings in spite of not playing since Nov. 21 at UCF.

The Bearcats at long last get an opportunity to intrigue the council in the American Athletic Conference title game against No. 23 Tulsa, which climbs a spot. However, even a triumph could keep them behind the Big 12 boss and potentially Texas A&M, which is booked to confront unranked Tennessee this week. Georgia is inactive after its game against Vanderbilt was dropped due to COVID-19 and other program accessibility issues with the Commodores.

Neither Notre Dame nor Clemson played a weekend ago, yet Notre Dame’s CFP chances improved after North Carolina whipped Miami 62-26 out and about. The Tar Heels climb two spots to No. 15, while Miami falls eight spots to No. 18. Notre Dame beat North Carolina 31-17 on Nov. 27 in Chapel Hill. Regardless of whether the Fighting Irish lose to Clemson, their profile seems sufficiently able to stay in the main four.

Waterfront Carolina (11-0) required a late score at Troy to turn into the main FBS group to 11 successes. The Chanticleers climb a spot to No. 12 entering the Sun Belt title game against No. 19 Louisiana.

USC (5-0) remains the most elevated appraised Pac-12 group at No. 13, climbing two spots, yet the Trojans do not have a mark win subsequent to dropping a game with Colorado, which dropped to No. 25 after its first loss of the period. Dirt Helton’s group plays unranked Oregon on Friday in the Pac-12 title game.

San Jose State makes its CFP rankings debut at No. 24 after a 6-0 beginning, the group’s best since 1939. The Spartans will confront unranked Boise State in the Mountain West title game Saturday in Las Vegas.

BYU and NC State are among nine groups that climb a solitary spot in the current week’s rankings, checking in at No. 17 and No. 22, separately.

The CFP determination council uncovers its last rankings, including the four elimination round groups, on Sunday.