June 16, 2026

College football rankings: Oklahoma edges out Ohio State for No. 5 in CBS Sports 129

The raging debate across college football this week and through championship weekend stacks 11-1 Oklahoma against 11-1 Ohio State with the potential of a College Football Playoff bid on the line between the two should both win their respective conference title games.  Our voters in the CBS Sports 129, a comprehensive ranking of every FBS team, made the necessary adjustments in the top 10 after the Buckeyes’ throttling of Michigan in Week 13. Ohio State moved up from its No. 9 position, Michigan fell back from its No. 4 position, and now the top of the rankings looks totally different head into the final days before Selection Sunday. OSU faces Northwestern on Saturday in the Big 12 Championship Game, streaming live on fuboTV (try for free).  But while Ohio State moved up, it did not jump Oklahoma, now at No. 5 in the CBS Sports 129. So for now, even after…

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