Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia, Miami lead the 1st CFP rankings

Undefeated Oregon is the No. 1 team in the initial rankings released Tuesday by the College Football Playoff selection committee.

The Ducks were followed by Ohio State, Georgia, Miami and Texas in the top five.

Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, BYU, Notre Dame, Alabama and Boise State round out the top 12 that would compete in the newly expanded playoffs at season's end.

Because the top four seeds must be conference champions in the new CFP format, Oregon (Big Ten), Georgia (SEC), Miami (ACC) and BYU (Big 12) would receive first-round byes if the initial rankings are used for the would 12 man group.

The first round games would look like this: Boise State vs. Ohio State, Alabama vs. Texas, Notre Dame vs. Penn State and Indiana vs. Tennessee.

The SEC and Big Ten each had four teams in the Top 12. Undefeated BYU is the only Big 12 program in the Top 12, and undefeated Miami is the only ACC team in the Top 12 after Clemson made its debut last week suffered their second loss, 33-21 to Louisville home.

Boise State, whose only loss of the season was a 37-34 loss to Oregon on Sept. 7, was the top-ranked team in a Group of Five conference.

SMU was ranked No. 13 in the selection committee's rankings, followed by Texas A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Kansas State and Colorado.

Washington State, Louisville, Clemson, Missouri and undefeated Army rounded out the top 25.

The Black Knights would have to overtake Boise State to be automatically selected as the fifth-seeded conference champion. Army (8-0) has yet to defeat a ranked opponent. It will play Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium in New York on November 23rd.

The four first-round games will be played on December 20th and 21st at the home campus of the higher seeds. The four quarterfinal contests will be played December 31-January 31 at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. 1.

The two semifinal games will take place January 9-10 at the Capital One Orange Bowl and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.

The CFP National Championship presented by AT&T is scheduled for January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.