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“The first College Football Playoff rankings have been released, and despite a scare at Chapel Hill this past weekend, it’s the Miami Hurricanes taking the top spot at No. 1 overall.”

“Yes, the first edition of the 2026 College Football Playoff rankings are officially HERE, and they stink to high heavens.”

“The College Football Playoff Top-25 has fans talking While in the past we could have countless arguments around the shenanigans that come with the CFP committee's rankings, this season might actually call for a little grace.”

“The impending expansion of the college football playoff has led to fans sounding off on the decision to move from 12 to 24 teams after only three years after adding eight teams to the current format.”

“The first edition of the 2026 College Football Playoff rankings were released to the public, and, as usual, the placement of certain teams caused an absolute uproar throughout the college football community.”

“That's the only lesson to take away from the first installment of the College Football Playoff selection committee poll and what a debacle it, and the entire process, has proven to be.”

“Toney suffered a high-ankle sprain, according to sources, and will undergo the infamous "TightRope" surgery that Miami is hoping will have the star wide receiver return for the College Football Playoff in four to six weeks.”

“Some of this will sort itself out as November plays out, but there's no question that the AP Poll will impact the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings.”

“To that, most college football fans would just implore you to "watch the tape" on the former Heisman Trophy leader coming out of the Indiana showdown that saw the Buckeyes leave Bloomington with a very important win.”

“The first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings will be released on November 3, marking a point in the 2026 college football season when the AP Top 25 Poll takes a back seat, but that doesn't mean we're going to start ignoring the…”

“A back-and-forth slugfest between two teams that are capable of making a college football playoff run if everything is clicking.”

“It has been a wild couple of weeks in college football, but what happened on Saturday in Orlando — a UCF Knights double-overtime win over the BYU Cougars — might be the craziest thing yet.”

“For a program that entered the season with aspirations of reaching the College Football Playoff, Kiffin needs to win out to feel good about finishing in playoff position.”

“This one is going to make some waves in the rankings, in the Big Ten standings, and the College Football Playoff picture.”

“Thankfully, the importance of the AP Poll has diminished with the creation of the College Football Playoff selection committee and their top-25, but there's little doubt that the AP rankings are still used in those deliberations and in other debates.”

“There's no question that the College Football Playoff selection committee has a difficult job.”

“But one of the most important matchups of the week was in Los Angeles, with the Oregon Ducks coming off a disappointing start to their season and the USC Trojans looking to make a statement at home in their quest to reach the College Football Playoff.”

“There's no doubt that these awful rankings are used to inform the College Football Playoff selection committee's deliberations and provide fodder for "strength of schedule" and "strength of conference" and "resume wins" arguments and so on.”

“A win today will catapult the Volunteers up the rankings and give them a legitimate chance to make the College Football Playoffs.”

“Speaking of Week 4, it featured a loaded docket of must-see games that will surely have quite an impact on College Football Playoff dreams for programs around the country.”