Ohio State Ranked No. 5 in Initial College Football Playoff Rankings

By Kevin Harrish on November 2, 2021 at 7:23 pm
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The Buckeyes are in the thick of the College Football Playoff race.

The College Football Playoff rankings are here, and Ohio State is among the contenders, coming in at No. 5 in the committee's initial rankings.

The Big Ten leads all conferences with three teams in the top-7 of the rankings – Michigan State at No. 3, Ohio State at No. 5 and Michigan at No. 7.

Ohio State is not among the top four teams in the committee rankings yet, but there is plenty of time to improve its resume.

The Buckeyes have remaining regular-season games against both Michigan State and Michigan followed by a potential Big Ten Championship game, which could be against a number of Big Ten West teams – No. 20 Minnesota, No. 21 Wisconsin or No. 22 Iowa.

A lot can change between now and the final rankings at the end of the season. In 2014, Ohio State was ranked No. 16 in the country in the initial College Football Playoff rankings before ultimately winning the national title about two months later.

Here are the full rankings:

RK Team REC Next Week
1 Georgia Georgia 8-0 vs Missouri
2 Alabama Alabama 7-1 vs LSU
3 Michigan State Michigan State 8-0 @ Purdue
4 Oregon Oregon 7-1 @ Washington
5 Ohio State Ohio State 7-1 @ Nebraska
6 Cincinnati Cincinnati 8-0 vs Tulsa
7 Michigan Michigan 7-1 vs Indiana
8 Oklahoma Oklahoma 9-0 -
9 Wake Forest Wake Forest 8-0 @ North Carolina
10 Notre Dame Notre Dame 7-1 vs Navy
11 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State 7-1 @ West Virginia
12 Baylor Baylor 7-1 @ TCU
13 Auburn Auburn 6-2 @ #14 Texas A&M
14 Texas A&M Texas A&M 6-2 vs #13 Auburn
15 BYU BYU 7-2 vs Idaho State
16 Ole Miss Ole Miss 6-2 vs Liberty
17 Mississippi State Mississippi State 5-3 @ Arkansas
18 Kentucky Kentucky 6-2 vs Tennessee
19 NC State NC State 6-2 @ Florida State
20 Minnesota Minnesota 6-2 vs Illinois
21 Wisconsin Wisconsin 5-3 @ Rutgers
22 Iowa Iowa 6-2 @ Northwestern
23 Fresno State Fresno State 7-2 vs Boise State
24 San Diego State San Diego State 7-1 @ Hawai'i
25 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 6-2 @ Duke
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