College Football Playoff Rankings Instant Reaction: LSU over USC, the path for Clemson and Alabama, more! (11/22)

The Cover 3 crew discusses the updated College Football Playoff rankings. First, with the top four still in place from last week, the conversation begins with LSU checking in at No. 5 ahead of USC (1:40), then on to breaking down the path for Clemson to find its way back into the playoff for a seventh time in eight years (7:50). After that, predictions for the SEC Championship Game and its impact on the rankings (11:00), if a two-loss Alabama has a chance to make the top four (15:06), the outlook for the Group of Five and the New Year's Six (20:24) and more takeaways from the back half of the top 25 (22:44). Cover 3 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Nominate the Cover 3 Podcast in the “Sports” category of the The People’s Choice Podcast Awards! http://podcastawards.com/app/signup Get 20% off Cover 3 merch in the CBS Sports Store:  https://store.cbssports.com/collections/cover-3?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=cover-3-collection Watch Cover 3 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cover3 Follow our hosts on Twitter: @Chip_Patterson, @TomFornelli, @DannyKanell, @BudElliott3 For more college football coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices