Our first impression of what the College Football Playoff selection committee make of the best teams right now in their first top 25 rankings entering Week 11.

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The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs face the Florida Gators on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla.

Throughout Saturday’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.

Kentucky continues to bring up the rear at the base of the SEC and is still searching for its first conference win of the year ahead of Saturday’s trip to face Auburn. The Tigers aren’t much better off by comparison, though they at least have the SEC monkey off their back after last week’s win over Arkansas stopped a slide of four straight defeats.

The No. 23 USC Trojans face the Nebraska Huskers on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.