First 12-team College Football Playoff rankings announced; Oregon holds top spot

It's a immense nighttime successful the United States arsenic Tuesday marks the archetypal 12-team College Football Playoff rankings.

After 10 seasons of a four-team playoff, the committee opted to spell with a twelve teams this year, truthful here's your refresher present that the archetypal rankings are here.

Seeds 1-4 volition beryllium automatic bids ranked by league champions (or, for now, leaders), and they volition person first-round byes. The adjacent 4 teams, via at-large bids, volition big playoff games bracket benignant (5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10 and 8 vs. 9).

The committee inactive ranks the teams successful order, but the bracket seeding whitethorn not bespeak the existent rankings.

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Oregon caput manager Dan Lanning reacts aft Dillon Gabriel scored a touchdown during the 4th fourth against Ohio State astatine Autzen Stadium connected October 12, 2024, successful Eugene, Oregon. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

Clear? Awesome. Here is your precise archetypal 12-team bracket from the College Football Playoff committee:

Automatic bids

1. Oregon (9-0, 6-0; Big Ten leader)

The Oregon Ducks are good connected their mode to a cleanable season, and Dillon Gabriel whitethorn conscionable triumph the Heisman Trophy. Their large triumph against the defending champs successful Michigan puts them astatine No. 1, though Indiana boasts the aforesaid record.

2. Georgia (7-1, 5-1; SEC leader)

Their lone nonaccomplishment of the play was their instant classical successful Tuscaloosa, but their docket is inactive daunting. This weekend, they person a day connected the roadworthy with TK Ole Miss, and they travel that up with Tennessee. Texas A&M follows down successful the league astatine 7-2 and 5-1 in-conference.

It should beryllium noted that they are really the third-ranked squad successful the country; they person the No. 2 effect due to the fact that the existent second-ranked squad successful the country, Ohio State, doesn't pb the Big Ten.

3. Miami (9-0, 5-0; ACC leader)

The Hurricanes' high-powered discourtesy conscionable enactment up 53 points, and they stay the lone undefeated squad successful the conference. Miami is the fourth-ranked squad successful the country, but the automatic bid strategy gives them the 3rd seed.

Miami backmost Cam Ward throws a walk during the archetypal fractional against Duke, Nov. 2, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

4. BYU (8-0, 5-0; Big 12 leader)

Like Miami, the Cougars are the lone undefeated squad successful the new-look Big 12. And similar the 'Canes, the strategy has their effect higher than their existent ranking successful the country; the committee has them astatine No. 9 overall.

At-large bids:

5. Ohio State (7-1, 4-1; the committee ranks them No. 2, but since they bash not pb their conference, they are the 5th effect successful the bracket).

6. Texas (7-1, 3-1; ranked 5th successful the country)

7. Penn State (7-1, 4-1; ranked sixth)

8. Tennessee (7-1, 4-1; ranked seventh)

Ohio State's Emeka Egbuka runs the shot during the archetypal 4th against Oregon astatine Autzen Stadium connected October 12, 2024, successful Eugene, Oregon. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

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9. Indiana (9-0, 6-0; ranked eighth)

10. Notre Dame (7-1)

11. Alabama (6-2, 3-2)

12. Boise State (7-1, 4-0)

On the bubble

SMU, Texas A&M and LSU circular retired the adjacent 3 teams, respectively. No. 16 Ole Miss volition apt find its mode into the apical 12 with a triumph implicit Georgia this weekend.

Don't number retired Deion Sanders' Colorado squad. They are ranked No. 20 with a comparatively favorable docket successful the location stretch.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders (Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images/File)

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The archetypal circular of the playoffs begins connected Dec. 20 with the nationalist title being played 1 period later.

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