ESPN panel updates College Football Playoff predictions after Week 5
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We’re nearly halfway through the 2026 college football season. As crazy as that seems, it’s even crazier that there’s still immense shuffling going on in ESPN’s College Football Playoff predictions.
Last week, the Florida Gators were a unanimous selection in these predictions. Today, Jon Sumrall‘s team is on just one ballot. The school that put out Florida’s fire, the Missouri Tigers, also made one projection after thrashing the Gators.
Those two join the usual cast of characters — the Texas Longhorns, Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers and Ole Miss Rebels — to give the SEC seven team in this week’s lists. You can see ESPN’s full updated CFP predictions below:
- Andrea Adelson: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Alabama 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. BYU 9. Utah 10. LSU 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
- Kyle Bonagura: 1. Georgia 2. Notre Dame 3. Indiana 4. Miami 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Alabama 8. BYU 9. Utah 10. LSU 11. UCLA 12. Boise State
- Bill Connelly: 1. Texas 2. Alabama 3. Notre Dame 4. Georgia 5. Miami 6. Utah 7. Indiana 8. UCLA 9. Pitt 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. North Dakota State
- David Hale: 1. Georgia 2. Miami 3. Texas 4. Alabama 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Indiana 8. LSU 9. BYU 10. Ole Miss 11. Florida 12. Boise State
- Eli Lederman: 1. Georgia 2. Notre Dame 3. Indiana 4. Miami 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Alabama 8. Utah 9. Oregon 10. Ole Miss 11. BYU 12. Boise State
- Max Olson: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Ohio State 5. Alabama 6. Notre Dame 7. Indiana 8. BYU 9. Oregon 10. LSU 11. UCLA 12. Boise State
- Adam Rittenberg: 1. Georgia, 2. Texas, 3. Miami, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Ohio State, 6. Alabama, 7. Indiana, 8. Utah, 9. LSU, 10. Oregon, 11. BYU, 12. Boise State
- Alex Scarborough: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Alabama 8. Ole Miss 9. Oregon 10. LSU 11. Texas Tech 12. Boise State
- Mark Schlabach: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Alabama 6. Ohio State 7. Indiana 8. BYU 9. Oregon 10. Ole Miss 11. LSU 12. Boise State
- Jake Trotter: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Ohio State 5. Indiana 6. Notre Dame 7. Miami 8. BYU 9. Missouri 10. Oklahoma State 11. Oregon 12. Boise State
- Paolo Uggetti: 1. Georgia 2. Texas 3. Ohio State 4. Alabama 5. Miami 6. Notre Dame 7. Indiana 8. BYU 9. Oregon 10. Ole Miss 11. UCLA 12. Boise State
- Dave Wilson: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Notre Dame 4. Miami 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Alabama 8. Ole Miss 9. Oregon 10. LSU 11. Texas Tech 12. Boise State
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