The SEC continued its run of filling up the top of the college football rankings, with Alabama making a push up into the top four of the updated CBS Sports 138, a ranking of every FBS team. Our panel of CBS Sports and 247Sports experts has found itself dealing with some real headaches inside the top 30, like slotting a Florida team that beat Ole Miss but lost to Missouri or an Oregon team that beat USC but lost to Oklahoma State. But one thing that our experts can agree on is that the Alabama Crimson Tide are one of the hottest teams in the country and are now pushing the discussion as a contender for No. 1 as it heads into this weekend's showdown with Georgia.
Alabama's rise keeps the SEC well-represented even as Florida drops outside the top 10 following a shockingly uncompetitive performance at Missouri, and the conference is poised with three of the top four, five of the top 10 and nine of the top 20 teams in our rankings. Another interesting wrinkle this week has been the logjam of teams between No. 20 and No. 40. While fans kick and scream over which teams do and don't make the cut for a traditional top 25, our CBS Sports 138 exposes just how tight those teams are in that range of the rankings.
From Iowa at No. 20 to Nebraska at No. 28, every team has an average ballot ranking better than 25.0. With imbalanced schedules and only a few conference games completed, we are looking at a week where there are about 30 teams who are deemed "top 25 quality" by the experts. College football experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports contribute ballots each week, which are averaged together for our rankings.
You can see the top 25 below and 26-138 on our rankings page. Check out the rest of the CBS Sports 138: Teams ranked 26-138
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