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College Football Playoff Rankings 2021: Projected Top 25, Week 10

By Connor Muldowney

Michigan State's Kenneth Walker III runs for a touchdown against Michigan during the fourth quarter on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.211030 Msu Michigan 228a
Michigan State's Kenneth Walker III runs for a touchdown against Michigan during the fourth quarter on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.211030 Msu Michigan 228a /
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Oct 30, 2021; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys takes the field to play the Kansas Jayhawks at Boone Pickens Stadium. Oklahoma State won 55-3. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 30, 2021; Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys takes the field to play the Kansas Jayhawks at Boone Pickens Stadium. Oklahoma State won 55-3. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports /

I was considering predicting Baylor as a top-10 team in the initial playoff rankings in Week 10, but then I remembered that Oklahoma State beat the Bears by 10 about a month ago in Stillwater. That will give the Cowboys the nod here as the No. 10 team in the first playoff rankings of 2021.

That’s a perfect spot for Mike Gundy and the Cowboys, especially after they lost their first game of the season a week ago against Iowa State.

Oklahoma State controls its own destiny at this point and has three winnable games against TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia on the schedule before facing Oklahoma to end the regular season. If Oklahoma State wins out, a serious discussion has to be had about the Cowboys getting a top-four nod.

The Cowboys beat a bad Kansas team in Week 9 by 52 points to improve too 7-1 and bounce back from that loss to Iowa State a week ago, so I think the committee has them just ahead of Baylor in the first rankings.

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