THE POST’S TOP TEN

1. Oklahoma (11-1) (Last week: 2)

My favorite to win it all, the Sooners have the best player in the sport, Baker Mayfield, the nation’s fourthranked scoring offense and an improving defense — three attributes that should scare anyone in their way.

2. Clemson (11-1) (4)

The last team standing in January is rounding into championship form entering next weekend’s do-or-die ACC title game, winning its last five games by a combined 188-68.

3. Auburn (10-2) (6)

Auburn out-Alabama’d Alabama, putting up 408 yards of offense on the Crimson Tide and even leaving points on the field in a 26-14 romp. But the status of star running back Kerryon Johnson — who suffered a shoulder injury the nature of which has yet to be disclosed — for the SEC title game is in doubt.

4. Georgia (11-1) (7)

The site will be Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, not Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, and the Bulldogs better hope that helps. Because they will have to play a helluva lot better to get by Auburn than the way they performed on Nov. 11 in a 23-point defeat.

5. Wisconsin (12-0) (5)

The questions end Saturday. Either Wisconsin was a byproduct of a marshmallow-soft schedule or it simply beat the teams in its path. The Big Ten showdown with Ohio State will give us an answer.

6. Ohio State (10-2) (8)

The vampires of college football, the Buckeyes refuse to let their playoff hopes die. Even without quarterback J.T. Barrett for the final quarter and a half, they found a way to rally past arch rival Michigan. Knock off Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, and Ohio State belongs in the final four.

7. Alabama (11-1) (1)

Beat up on both sides of the line of scrimmage and committing several costly mistakes, this didn’t look like Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide.

8. Miami (10-1) (3)

The Hurricanes finally got burned. Playing with fire the entire season, at last an inferior opponent, in this case Pittsburgh, didn’t let them off the hook.

9. USC (10-2) (10)

The Trojans were off, but their world changed on Saturday with UCLA hiring Chip Kelly. USC football may have to share Los Angeles soon.

10. Central Florida (11-0) (NR)

Yes, the schedule can’t compare to the nine teams above the Knights, but winning matters, and they belong with everyone on this list.