College Football Playoff resume rankings: Alabama can leap Texas for No. 1 with win over Georgia

Alabama jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in this week's resume ranking after winning at Mississippi State. The Crimson Tide are now within striking distance of Texas and are likely to overtake the Longhorns with a win over Georgia this week, even if Texas beats Oklahoma.

Taking down the struggling Sooners — even on a neutral field — won't bring a major resume boost for the Longhorns. But beating an elite team like Georgia — even at home — would register in a big way for Alabama.

Our meritocratic resume-ranking system assigns a numeric value between 0 and 1 to every victory. That value is determined by how likely an average No. 25-ranked team in the CBS Sports 138 would be to win the game.

The value is calculated based on the opponent's CBS Sports 138 ranking and where the game was played. For example, a home win over the No. 2-ranked team (Georgia) would yield a +0.89 boost to Alabama's resume score. That's because an average No. 25 team would only be expected to defeat the No. 2-ranked team 11% of the time in a home game.

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