The first college football playoff rankings are out and the analysts are picking it apart. It certainly resembles the latest AP Top 25 poll. The Texas Longhorns land at No. 5 in the first rankings of the season.

The first edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings was released Tuesday night with undefeated ... Ohio State, Georgia, Miami (FL) and Texas round out the rest of the top five. The top Group of Five program in Tuesday's release is Boise State ...

Texas received a No. 5 ranking and would be slotted as the sixth seed and play No. 11 Alabama in the first round of the new postseason format, according to the initial rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee Tuesday night.