Oregon remained No. 1 in the second rankings released Tuesday night by the College Football Playoff selection committee.

The Ducks, who cruised past Maryland 39-18 last week to improve to 10-0, were followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Indiana.

BYU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia rounded out the committee’s top 12.

Miami’s first loss of the season, 28-23 at Georgia Tech, and Georgia’s second loss, 28-10 at Ole Miss, shook up the committee’s rankings. The Hurricanes fell five spots to No. 9, while the Bulldogs fell nine spots to No. 12.

Based on the current rankings, Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), BYU (Big 12) and Miami (ACC) would be the four highest-rated conference champions and would receive first-round byes in the 12-team playoffs.

Boise State is ranked No. 13 in the committee’s rankings, but the Broncos would enter the 12-team playoff as the fifth-highest rated conference champion from the Mountain West.

The first round matchups would look like this: No. 12 Boise State at No. 5 Ohio State; No. No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 6 Penn State, No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Indiana; and No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Tennessee.

Although Georgia, which captured two of the past three CFP national championships, is ranked No. 12 in the committee’s rankings, the Bulldogs would be the first team eliminated from the 12-team playoff.

SMU is No. 14, followed by Texas A&M, Kansas State, Colorado, Washington State, Louisville and Clemson.

South Carolina, LSU, Missouri, Army and Tulane round out the top 25.

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The Gamecocks and Green Wave made their debut in the CFP rankings this season, replacing Iowa State and Pittsburgh, who were Nos. 17 and 18, respectively, last week.

There were nine SEC teams included in the committee’s rankings, four each from the ACC and Big Ten and three from the Big 12.

Georgia, which also lost 41-34 at Alabama on Sept. 28, will play a possible CFP elimination game against Tennessee at Sanford Stadium on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET/ABC, ESPN+). Georgia is 14-3 in defeat under coach Kirby Smart and has rebounded in each of its previous eight losses. The Bulldogs haven’t lost consecutive games in the regular season since 2016, Smart’s first season as coach of his alma mater.

Georgia has defeated Tennessee in seven of its past eight games, including a 38-10 win last season.

Asked about the CFP implications of Monday’s game, Smart said his team needed to focus solely on beating the Volunteers.

“I never take these approaches,” Smart said. ‘I don’t think this is the right way to go about things. I think you try to win your conference all the time, and to do that you have to win your games at home. to play well on the road, which we did and didn’t do. We’ve done both, but I like to make it about who we play and how we play, and less about just the results.”

BYU survived a 22-21 upset at Utah last week. With the loss to Miami, the Cougars vaulted over the Hurricane as the third-highest rated conference champions. BYU hosts Kansas on Saturday, followed by a road game at Arizona State on Nov. 23 and a home game against Houston the following week. According to ESPN Analytics, BYU is the heavy favorite (92%) to earn a spot in the Big 12 title game and win it (40%).

Army would be the second-highest rated conference champion behind Boise State, one spot ahead of fellow AAC program Tulane. The Black Knights improved to 9-0 after last week’s 14-3 win over North Texas. They will have their best chance to make a statement before the selection committee in their next game, against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium in New York on November 23.

The four first-round matches will be played at the home campus of the higher-seeded teams on December 20 and 21. The four quarterfinals will be played at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl presented by Prudential and Allstate Sugar Bowl on December 31 and January 1.

The two semifinals will take place at the Capital One Orange Bowl and Goodyear Cotton Bowl on January 9 and 10.

The CFP National Championship, presented by AT&T, is scheduled for January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.