Buckeyes left out of top four in first College Football Playoff ranking

Ohio State one spot behind Oklahoma

Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer

Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer

The Ohio State Buckeyes rank sixth in the first College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday night.

Unbeaten Georgia earned the No. 1 ranking and was followed by another undefeated team, No. 2 Alabama. Notre Dame is No. 3 and is followed by No. 4 Clemson and No. 5 Oklahoma, the only team to beat the Buckeyes.

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The rest of the top 10 includes No. 7 Penn State, No. 8 TCU, No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 10 Miami.

Oklahoma State is No. 11 and is followed by No. 12 Washington, No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 14 Auburn, No. 15 Iowa State, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 17 Southern California, No. 18 Central Florida, No. 19 LSU, No. 20 N.C. State, No. 21 Stanford, No. 22 Arizona, No. 23 Memphis, No. 24 Michigan State and No. 25 Washington State.

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