Coach Ryan Day and Ohio State, fresh off a win over Wisconsin last Saturday, took the No. 1 spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, while two-time defending national champion Georgia is right behind at No. 2.
Ohio State took the No. 1 spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, while two-time defending national champion Georgia is right behind at No. 2.
Michigan, under NCAA investigation amid sign stealing allegations, is No. 3, while Florida State is No. 4 and Washington is No. 5. Oregon is the top-ranked one-loss team in the rankings at No. 6, while Texas is one spot ahead of Alabama thanks to the strength of its head-to-head win over the Tide in September.
With five undefeated Power 5 teams headed into the first rankings, the biggest question was how the committee would choose to separate them. Clearly, strength of schedule played a big role.The Buckeyes have played a much stronger schedule to date than Georgia. They have two Top 15 victories over Penn State and Notre Dame . Georgia has zero Top 25 victories at the moment and a strength of schedule that currently ranks No. 100, according to ESPN metrics.
The Huskies have No. 20 USC, No. 18 Utah and No. 16 Oregon State coming up. As for the Seminoles, they only have one Top 25 victory at the moment, over No. 14 LSU. Playing in a league with only one other ranked team has not seemed to have affected the way the committee views the Seminoles. Yet. Florida State and Louisville do not play each other in the regular season, meaning the Seminoles have zero ranked teams remaining on their schedule.
As for the other undefeated team that is eligible for the postseason, Air Force came in ranked at No. 25. But the Falcons are not the top ranked Group of 5 school. Despite a loss, Tulane is just ahead of Air Force at No. 24.
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