College football rankings · Week 6 picks · CFP projections

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Alabama is No. 1 in the CoFoMo Top 35 college football rankings after Week 5, updated Oct 4, 2026. CoFoMo ranks teams on how they’ve played and how good the underlying team looks, with a light touch from the polls. A soft schedule counts for less than a win over a real opponent. Home field and injuries are not baked into the rank — they show up in the Week 6 picks.

New No. 1 in the Top 35

Alabama

Was No. 4. Up three spots after 56–23 over Mississippi State.

Biggest drop in the Top 35

Florida, 10 to 15

45–17 loss at Missouri.

Biggest rise in the Top 35

Missouri, 27 to 19

That Florida win did the work.

Game of the week

Alabama by 6

No. 3 Georgia at No. 1 Alabama. Bryant-Denny, and Georgia is thin at receiver.

CoFoMo Top 35

Rating is how many points better than an average team, before home field. A light schedule is already discounted.

#	Team	W-L	Rating	Move

Week 6 Picks for CoFoMo Top 35 Teams

Each pick starts with the CoFoMo gap, then adds home field. Injuries move the number only when a player is out or doubtful. The betting line is there for context.

Conference and CFP Projections

College Football Playoff projections for the rest of the season. The pick is the best team with a real path, not whoever looked loudest on Saturday.

Power 4 champions

SEC · Alabama

No. 1, and the pick this week at home against Georgia. Texas, 4–0 and No. 6, is the other team that can still win the league.

58%

Big Ten · Ohio State

Clear of Indiana and Oregon. Indiana is 5–0, but the schedule so far has not been a Big Ten title résumé.

64%

ACC · Miami

A full tier ahead of Pittsburgh, the next ACC team on the board. Off this week.

71%

Big 12 · Utah

Ahead of unbeaten Texas Tech and BYU. The schedule has been friendly, and this is the softest of the four picks.

41%

Projected 12-team field

First-round picks

12 BYU at 5 Notre Dame

Irish by about 11. Rating gap plus a South Bend home field.

11 LSU at 6 Georgia

Bulldogs by about 9. Georgia’s receiver injuries are the only reason it is not two scores.

10 Oregon at 7 Texas

Longhorns by about 7, with the campus edge.

9 Texas Tech at 8 Indiana

Hoosiers by about 6. Closest of the four.