Ohio State No. 6 in First College Football Playoff Rankings

By Kevin Harrish on October 31, 2017 at 7:18 pm
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The College Football Playoff rankings are here.

Ohio State checks in at No. 6 in this season's initial College Football Playoff rankings, released on ESPN on Tuesday

The Buckeyes debut behind No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 Clemson as well as No. 5 Oklahoma, which beat Ohio State 31-16 earlier in the season.

Ohio State is just ahead of No. 7 Penn State, which the Buckeyes beat 39-38 on Saturday.

ESPN will air the one-hour College Football Playoff: Top 25 show weekly on Tuesdays, concluding with the selection committee's final rankings on Sunday, Dec. 3.

You can see the full rankings here.

College Football Playoff Rankings
Rank Team Conf. Record Key Games
1 GEORGIA SEC 8–0 @ AUBURN (11/11), @ GEORGIA TECH (11/25)
2 ALABAMA SEC 8–0 vs LSU (11/4), @ MS STATE (11/11), @ AUBURN (11/25)
3 NOTRE DAME IND 7–1 @ MIAMI (11/11), @ STANFORD (11/25)
4 CLEMSON ACC 7–1 @ NC STATE (11/4), vs FLORIDA STATE (11/11)
5 OKLAHOMA BIG 12 7–1 @ OKLAHOMA STATE (11/4), vs TCU (11/11)
6 OHIO STATE BIG TEN 7–1 vs MICHIGAN STATE (11/11), @ MICHIGAN (11/25)
7 PENN STATE BIG TEN 7–1 @ MICHIGAN STATE (11/4)
8 TCU BIG 12 7–1 vs TEXAS (11/4), @ OKLAHOMA (11/11)
9 WISCONSIN BIG TEN 8–0 vs IOWA (11/11), vs MICHIGAN (11/18)
10 MIAMI ACC 7–0 vs VIRGINIA TECH (11/4), vs NOTRE DAME (11/11)
11 OKLAHOMA STATE BIG 12 7–1 vs OKLAHOMA (11/4), @ IOWA STATE (11/11)
12 WASHINGTON PAC-12 7–1 @ STANFORD (11/10), vs WASHINGTON STATE (11/25)
13 VIRGINIA TECH ACC 7–1 @ MIAMI (11/4)
14 AUBURN SEC 6–2 vs GEORGIA (11/11), vs ALABAMA (11/25)
15 IOWA STATE BIG 12 6–2 vs OKLAHOMA STATE (11/11)
16 MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 6–2 vs ALABAMA (11/11), vs MISSISSIPPI (11/23)
17 USC PAC-12 7–2 @ ARIZONA (11/4), vs UCLA (11/18)
18 UCF AAC 7–0 vs USF (11/24)
19 LSU SEC 6–2 @ ALABAMA (11/4)
20 NORTH CAROLINA STATE ACC 6–2 vs CLEMSON (11/4)
21 STANFORD PAC-12 6–2 @ WASHINGTON STATE (11/4), vs WASHINGTON (11/10), vs NOTRE DAME (11/25)
22 ARIZONA PAC-12 6–2 @ USC (11/4)
23 MEMPHIS AAC 7–1
24 MICHIGAN STATE BIG TEN 6–2 vs PENN STATE (11/4), @ OHIO STATE (11/11)
25 WASHINGTON STATE PAC-12 7–2 vs STANFORD (11/4), @ WASHINGTON (11/25)
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