Did a 60-yard field goal save a College Football Playoff run? Has a QB injury done in the No. 2 team? Did a backup QB keep a contender alive?
Maybe. With the first CFP rankings coming out Tuesday, Week 9 gave each contender a chance to make its case.
Indiana matched a 60-yard field goal by Minnesota to reach overtime and beat the Gophers. Ohio State struggled without starting quarterback Julian Sayin and the Buckeyes fell to USC.
After losing last week, Texas Tech turned to Thomas Castellanos to jump-start its offense. He accounted for 263 total yards and three scores in a win over Arizona.
Here are our experts' picks for the CFP field:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Kentucky 6. Notre Dame 7. Wake Forest 8. Indiana 9. Texas 10. Ole Miss 11. Alabama 12. Boise State
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Miami 2. Utah 3. UCLA 4. Georgia 5. BYU 6. Notre Dame 7. Indiana 8. Kentucky 9. Wake Forest 10. Alabama 11. Ohio State 12. Boise State
Bill Connelly: 1. Miami 2. UCLA 3. Utah 4. Georgia 5. Notre Dame 6. Indiana 7. Kentucky 8. Wake Forest 9. Boise State 10. BYU 11. Texas Tech 12. Ole Miss
David Hale: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Kentucky 5. Notre Dame 6. Utah 7. Indiana 8. Wake Forest 9. Texas 10. Ole Miss 11. Alabama 12. UTSA
Eli Lederman: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Notre Dame 6. BYU 7. Indiana 8. Texas 9. Kentucky 10. Boise State 11. Wake Forest 12. Alabama
Max Olson: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. Indiana 4. Notre Dame 5. Utah 6. BYU 7. UCLA 8. Kentucky 9. Texas 10. Ohio State 11. Wake Forest 12. Boise State
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Kentucky 5. Utah 6. Notre Dame 7. Ole Miss 8. Texas 9. Wake Forest 10. Indiana 11. BYU 12. Boise State
Alex Scarborough: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Kentucky 5. Notre Dame 6. Indiana 7. Utah 8. Texas 9. LSU 10. BYU 11. Wake Forest 12. Boise State
Mark Schlabach: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Kentucky 6. Notre Dame 7. BYU 8. Texas 9. Alabama 10. Wake Forest 11. Indiana 12. Boise State
Jake Trotter: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Notre Dame 6. Kentucky 7. Indiana 8. Ole Miss 9. Wake Forest 10. BYU 11. Texas 12. Boise State
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Kentucky 6. Indiana 7. Notre Dame 8. Wake Forest 9. BYU 10. Texas 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State
Dave Wilson: 1. Miami 2. Georgia 3. UCLA 4. Utah 5. Notre Dame 6. Kentucky 7. Indiana 8. Texas 9. Ole Miss 10. Wake Forest 11. BYU 12. Boise State
