WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida State keeps on winning, but the Seminoles now find themselves on the outside looking in at a College Football Playoff berth.
The Seminoles dropped one spot to No. 5 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, switching spots with undefeated Washington.
Otherwise, the remainder of the top remains unchanged.
Florida State is behind four other undefeated teams – No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Washington.
College Football Playoff Rankings (11/21/23)
The Seminoles had been fourth in all three prior playoff rankings this season.
No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Missouri and No. 10 Louisville round out the top 10.
Florida State lost starting quarterback Jordan Travis for the rest of the season after he was injured while scrambling for a first down late in the first quarter of a 58-13 victory against North Alabama.
College Football Playoff selection committee chairman Boo Corrigan told reporters the flip-flopping of Florida State and Washington had more to do with the Huskies than it did with the Seminoles losing Travis.
"You know, in talking about it and looking at it and with regards to them going from 4 to 5, as we said earlier, it had a lot to do with Washington," he said. "It had everything to do with Washington as we were looking at it."
The Seminoles conclude their regular season at rival Florida this Saturday and will face Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.