5 Teams who can still make College Football Playoff after Week 12 Rankings

No. 4 Clemson Tigers (9-1)

Clemson has been on upset watch in a lot of its games this year. The Tigers have had a ton of close calls through out the season and they finally couldn’t pull out the close win. Pittsburgh kicker, Chris Blewitt, made a 48-yard game-winning field goal with six seconds left to beat Clemson and give them their first loss.

Clemson’s loss hurts them, but not that badly. They still have the tie breaker over Louisville in the ACC Atlantic which has pretty much guaranteed them a spot in the ACC Championship game. That tiebreaker would make it hard for the College Football Playoff committee to put Louisville ahead of Clemson. With Michigan and Ohio State now in the top four, one of those teams will have to lose win they play each other. Meaning that Clemson, who now is at No. 4 should be able to make the playoff by simply winning their remaining games.

Clemson’s path is easy. Win and they are in. That’s what it appears to be. If Clemson wins out in the regular season and goes on to win the ACC championship game, they will for sure be in the College Football Playoff. I wouldn’t expect to much panic from the Tigers. They know what they have to do to get secure a spot in the Playoff. Clemson sits at No. 4 and are in a prime position to make the playoff. That head-to-head win over Louisville is keeping them above the Cardinals who came in at No. 5.