Author: Erick Smith, USA TODAY

The final College Football Playoff rankings of the regular season were unveiled Tuesday, It was a replay of previous versions with Alabama leading.

In less than a week the College Football Playoff field and bowl game lineup will be revealed. A look at our bowl projections entering the final week.

There’s a new contender for Alabama quarterback Mac Jones in this week’s Heisman Trophy watch. His teammate DeVonta Smith moved up into second place.

The Pac-12 title game changed Monday when Washington was forced to drop out and was replaced by Oregon as the South division participant to face USC.

The top of the College Football Playoff rankings look familiar with Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State in the first four positions.

There wasn’t any change at the top of this week’s college football bowl projections, but there were some adjustments in the New Year’s Six.

The top of the College Football Playoff committee rankings looked a lot like last week. Alabama and Notre Dame lead Clemson and Ohio State.

Ohio State remains in the College Football Playoff field of this week’s bowl projections, but the Buckeyes have uncertainty ahead.

The initial College Football Playoff ranking of the season has some teams looking up and some looking down. A breakdown of the winners and losers.