College Football Playoff Top 25 Final Rankings Prediction: Week 3

We're old enough to remember when Notre Dame was a mortal lock to make the College Football Playoff.

We were so young, so innocent, and so removed from the time we all believed 2024 Florida State would be in.

So let's do this. We're only two weeks plus Week 0 in, and we can already sort of map out what the final College Football Playoff rankings will be.

Of course, the next Northern Illinois or Boston College can and will screw this up, but here's the call now of how this will all shake out.

College Football Playoff Final Rankings Prediction: Week 3

Remember, the top four seeds are the top four ranked conference champions. We're projecting that Ohio State (Big Ten), Georgia (SEC), Utah (Big 12), and Clemson (ACC) will be the Power Four representatives, so the final ranking doesn't necessarily correspond to the seed.

The * means we think that team will win its conference title. The ** means we thing that team will lose the conference title.

With that, we believe the final College Football Playoff top 25 rankings will be ...

25 Florida State

Projected Final Record: 8-4

24 NC State

Projected Final Record: 9-3

23 Arizona

Projected Final Record: 9-3

22 Oregon

Projected Final Record: 9-3

21 Louisville

Projected Final Record: 9-3

20 Michigan

Projected Final Record: 9-3

19 Kansas State

Projected Final Record: 9-3

18 LSU

Projected Final Record: 9-3

17 Boise State

Projected Final Record: 11-2*

16 Missouri

Projected Final Record: 9-3

15 Texas A&M

Projected Final Record: 9-3

14 Memphis

Projected Final Record: 12-1
Projected CFP Seed: 12

13 Oklahoma State

Projected Final Record: 10-3**

12 Notre Dame

Projected Final Record: 10-2

11 Miami

Projected Final Record: 10-3**
Projected CFP Seed: 11

10 Penn State

Projected Final Record: 10-2
Projected CFP Seed: 10

9 Tennessee

Projected Final Record: 10-2
Projected CFP Seed: 9

8 Texas

Projected Final Record: 10-2
Projected CFP Seed: 8

7 Clemson

Projected Final Record: 11-2*
Projected CFP Seed: 4

6 USC

Projected Final Record: 10-3**
Projected CFP Seed: 7

5 Alabama

Projected Final Record: 10-2
Projected CFP Seed: 6

4 Ole Miss

Projected Final Record: 11-2*
Projected CFP Seed: 5

3 Utah

Projected Final Record: 11-2*
Projected CFP Seed: 3

2 Georgia

Projected Final Record: 12-1*
Projected CFP Seed: 2

1 Ohio State

Projected Final Record: 13-0*
Projected CFP Seed: 1