Georgia takes over for Texas as CFP top seed based on AP Top 25; Longhorns would host 1st-round game
Georgia would replace Texas as the top seed on the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket based on The Associated Press Top 25 published Sunday, but the Longhorns would still play at home in the first round.
Georgia would replace Texas as the top seed on the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket based on The Associated Press Top 25 published Sunday, but the Longhorns would still play at home in the first round.
What happened
Notably, the projected bracket underwent minor changes with Texas' loss to unranked Oklahoma knocking the Longhorns out of a top-four seed and the first-round bye that goes with it.
Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami each moved up one seed line from last week, Ohio State moves in at No. 4, and Indiana, Alabama, Texas and BYU would host first-round games.
Notably, the five highest-ranked conference champions – from the Power Four and one from the Group of Six – will qualify for the CFP. The other seven spots will be filled by the next highest-ranked teams. One of those at-large teams will be Notre Dame if the Fighting Irish are among the top 12 in the CFP's final rankings.
The bottom line
In short, georgia takes over for Texas as CFP top seed based on AP is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
