This weekend’s edition of The Game can be considered the first game of the College Football Playoff.

The latest College Football Playoff rankings are out and it is more of the same that we are used to seeing with the top four staying the same.

Folks should essentially reed Ohio State and Michigan as 2a and 2b seeing as this weekend’s showdown is essentially a playoff to the CFP.

Here are the full rankings.

  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Michigan
  4. Clemson
  5. Washington
  6. Wisconsin
  7. Penn State
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Colorado
  10. Oklahoma State
  11. Louisville
  12. USC
  13. Auburn
  14. Florida State
  15. Florida
  16. Nebraska
  17. Tennessee
  18. West Virginia
  19. Boise State
  20. Houston
  21. Western Michigan
  22. Utah
  23. Washington State
  24. Stanford
  25. Navy