The College Football The Playoff Selection Committee released their first ranking for the 2025 Season on Tuesday. Undefeated Ohio State ranked No. 1 ahead of Indiana and Texas A&M. The four highest-ranked teams will receive byes in the first round this year. This is different from last year, when the four top-ranked conference champs received byes. 1 among undefeated Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M. Buckeyes reign as national champions after a nonconference victory over SEC’s Texas, and road wins over Washington and Illinois. They are also No. 3 in ESPN’s strength of record metric behind the Aggies and Hoosiers.Indiana’s road win over Oregon might be the most impressive individual result of the season, and Texas A&M counts a road victory over Notre Dame on its resume.All three had valid cases, but this is just the first set of rankings. The winner of the Big Ten Championship game between Indiana and Ohio State, if they both remain unbeaten, will be ranked No. 1. 1 in the final and more important rankings.Elsewhere, Notre Dame was a point of interest heading into Tuesday, as the Fighting Irish have two losses by a combined four points to Miami and Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish don’t compete in a conference like other teams and will need help to qualify, but if they can overcome their 0-2 start and finish 10-2, it’s hard to imagine them being left out. It was only last season that Notre Dame ranked No. 10 in the CFP’s initial rankings. Ohio State was ranked No. The most glaring difference was that Ohio State ranked No.
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