College Football Playoff Rankings: BYU Moves Up, Utah Checks In
Nov 9, 2021, 7:35 PM | Updated: Nov 10, 2021, 12:42 pm
Kyle Whittingham head coach of the Utah Utes talks with Kalani Sitake head coach of the BYU Cougars before their game September 11, 2021 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Logan, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – The week 11 College Football Playoff rankings were released, and two local teams are in the mix.
BYU football was in at No. 15 last week; they moved up one spot to No. 14 after crushing FCS opponent Idaho State 59-14. The Cougars are 8-2 overall and have an outside shot at playing for a New Year’s Six bowl as an at-large. However, they have to be in the Top 12 to be in the at-large pool for consideration.
.@BYUFootball moves up one spot in the latest @CFBPlayoff rankings to No. 14 after defeating Idaho State.#BYU #GoCougs #BYUFootball
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 10, 2021
Utah appeared in the Top 25 rankings after a pair of dominant victories over UCLA and Stanford in consecutive weeks. As a result, the Utes checked in at No. 24, just ahead of SEC Arkansas. Utah is in action this week on the road against the lowly Arizona Wildcats, who are coming off their first win since 2019 after taking down Cal.
Breaking: @Utah_Football checks in at No. 24 in the latest @CFBPlayoff rankings.#GoUtes
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 10, 2021
The rest of the College Football Playoff rankings didn’t have much shakeup other than Michigan State. After the Spartans lost last week, they dropped to No. 7 in the rankings. The drop allowed Oregon from the Pac-12 to move up to No. 3 and Ohio State, the team Oregon defeated earlier in the year, to the No. 4 spot.
College Football Playoff Rankings 2021
Week 11
1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Ohio State
5. Cincinnati
6. Michigan
7. Michigan State
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma State
11. Texas A&M
12. Wake Forest
13. Baylor
14. BYU
15. Ole Miss
16. NC State
17. Auburn
18. Wisconsin
19. Purdue
20. Iowa
21. Pittsburgh
22. San Diego State
23. UTSA
24. Utah
25. Arkansas
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
