Initial 12-Team College Football Playoff Rankings Revealed

The calendar has flipped to November, which means it is time for the initial College Football Playoff rankings. This is the first year for the expanded 12-team playoff model, and it has the college football postseason as highly anticipated as ever.

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The top four conference champions get automatic bids into the playoffs, as well as the highest-rated group of five champion. The remaining seven spots will go to at-large bids, decided on by the College Football Playoff Committee.

With Alabama sitting at 6-2, it is unlikely, though not impossible, for the Crimson Tide to win the SEC, meaning if Alabama hopes to make the playoffs, it will need to do so as an at-large bid.

The path is now clearer for Alabama with the release of the initial rankings on November 5. Here is the full College Football Playoff Top-25 for November 5:

1 - Oregon
2 - Ohio State
3 - Georgia
4 - Miami
5 - Texas
6 - Penn State
7 - Tennessee
8 - Indiana
9 - BYU
10 - Notre Dame
11 - Alabama
12 - Boise State
13 - SMU
14 - Texas A&M
15 - LSU
16 - Ole Miss
17 - Iowa State
18 - Pittsburgh
19 - Kansas State
20 - Colorado
21 - Washington State
22 - Louisville
23 - Clemson
24 - Missouri
25 - Army

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The Crimson Tide will have to win out if they hope to make the first year of the expanded playoff field. No. 11 Alabama will take on No. 15 LSU on Saturday, November 9, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Wyatt Fulton is the TIde 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.