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    Indiana fell 5 spots in the CFP rankings without playing. No team in CFP history had dropped more than 3 on a bye week

    From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

    Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results ·

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    • Indiana (8-1) was #4 in the committee's ranking on Nov. 3 and #9 on Nov. 10, 2026.
    • Indiana didn't play in between. Its last game was a 23 to 16 win over Minnesota on Oct. 31.
    • Before tonight, no team that didn't play between two CFP rankings had fallen more than 3 spots.
    • Penn State fell from #8 to #11 in 2022 and Nebraska from #13 to #16 in 2014, both on a bye.
    • Checked against the CFP rankings from 2014 to 2025, using each team's game dates.

    The biggest drops in the CFP rankings for a team that didn't play that week

    SeasonTeamBeforeAfterSpots
    2026Indiana#4#95
    2022Penn State#8#113
    2014Nebraska#13#163
    2021Oklahoma#14#162
    2020USC#18#202
    2016Houston#24Unranked2

    Unranked counts as #26.

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    Notre Dame jumped from #11 to #5 in the CFP rankings for beating #1 Miami. Nobody who beat the CFP's #1 had ever moved up more than 4 spots

    From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

    Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results ·

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    • Notre Dame (8-1) beat #1 Miami 31 to 24 on Nov. 7 and went from #11 to #5 in the committee's ranking.
    • Seven teams had beaten the committee's #1 before tonight. None moved up more than 4 spots.
    • Alabama did it in 2014 and 2023, and Auburn did it twice in 2017.
    • It's also the biggest one-week jump into the top 5 since the CFP rankings began in 2014. The old high was 4 spots.

    Every team that beat the committee's #1, and how far it moved

    SeasonTeamBeatBeforeAfter
    2026Notre DameMiami#11#5
    2014AlabamaMississippi State#5#1
    2017AuburnGeorgia#10#6
    2017AuburnAlabama#6#2
    2023AlabamaGeorgia#8#4
    2021AlabamaGeorgia#3#1
    2022GeorgiaTennessee#3#1
    2025IndianaOhio State#2#1

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    Miami fell from #1 to #7, tying the biggest drop ever for a CFP #1. Georgia fell the same 6 spots in 2017

    From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

    Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus CollegeFootballData game results ·

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    • Miami was #1 at 8-0 on Nov. 3 and #7 at 8-1 on Nov. 10, 2026, after losing 31 to 24 at Notre Dame on Nov. 7.
    • Georgia also fell from #1 to #7 in 2017, after losing 40 to 17 at Auburn.
    • No other CFP #1 had fallen more than 5 spots in the next ranking.
    • Checked against the CFP rankings from 2014 to 2025, plus tonight's.

    Every time the CFP's #1 fell in the next ranking

    SeasonTeamNext rankRecord thenSpots
    2026Miami#78-16
    2017Georgia#79-16
    2023Georgia#612-15
    2022Tennessee#58-14
    2017Alabama#511-14
    2014Mississippi State#49-13
    2021Georgia#312-12
    2025Ohio State#212-11
    2023Ohio State#210-01
    2019Ohio State#29-01
    2019LSU#211-01
    2019Ohio State#213-01

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    Six Big 12 teams are in the CFP top 25, the most from the Big 12 in any CFP ranking

    From the Nov. 10 CFP ranking

    Source: CFP rankings since 2014, plus each season's conference members ·

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    • Utah, BYU, Texas Tech, Houston, Arizona and Oklahoma State are all in the committee's top 25 on Nov. 10, 2026.
    • The Big 12 had never had more than 5 teams in a CFP top 25.
    • Each season is counted with that season's Big 12 members.

    CFP rankings with the most Big 12 teams in the top 25

    RankingBig 12 teams
    Nov. 10, 20266
    Oct. 28, 20145
    Nov. 4, 20145
    Nov. 12, 20195
    Oct. 31, 20235
    Nov. 7, 20235
    Nov. 14, 20235
    Nov. 26, 20245
    Nov. 18, 20255
    Nov. 25, 20255
    Dec. 2, 20255
    Dec. 7, 20255

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