USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg on the biggest risers, fallers and surprises from Week 12 in the top 25 of the Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Sports
In an utterly predicable season, it’s only fitting that the College Football Playoff rankings feature none of the chaos, debate or drama that greeted the postseason format’s first four season of existence.
In a playoff first, there were no changes at the top for the third week in a row: Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan lead the way in the hypothetical four-team field. And with two weeks left to go until the postseason, it’s easy to envision a scenario where the semifinals unfold in uncontroversial fashion — this would be another first.