Undefeated Oregon got top billing.
A season full of surprises didn’t produce many when the first set of rankings on the road to college football ’s new 12-team playoff came out Tuesday.The selection committee liked Ohio State just a touch more than Georgia in its top 25 — the first of six weekly polls the committee will put out.
“The summary is, Boise State is an impressive team,” said Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, who serves as chair of the selection committee.Both the Buckeyes and third-ranked Bulldogs were rated ahead of undefeated Miami most likely thanks to strength of schedules that were much tougher than that of the ‘Canes, who were ranked fourth.The rankings will come out each week through Dec. 8, when the final list will decide the bracket for the playoffs.
The rest of the teams in the fictional first-week bracket and their rankings: No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Penn State, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 8 Indiana and No. 10 Notre Dame. The network chose to fill in the bracket as it went along, which made things a little confusing — a second-ranked team really seeded third, and so-on.No. 12 Boise State at No. 5 Ohio State: Would be the Broncos biggest postseason game since beating Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
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