The initial top 12: 1. Ohio State; 2. Indiana; 3. Texas A&M; 4. Alabama; 5. Georgia; 6. Ole Miss; 7. BYU; 8. Texas Tech; 9. Oregon; 10. Notre Dame; 11. Texas; 12. Oklahoma
The 12-team playoff will be finalized on Sunday, December 7, following conference championship weekend.
The initial rankings provide a glimpse of how the committee currently views each team through 10 weeks of the regular season.
The CFP selection committee ranks its top 25 teams and at the conclusion of the regular season, the five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will be seeded into a 12-team bracket.