We know, we know — the first College Football Playoff rankings don’t come out until kids are ringing doorbells in the neighborhood for your best handfuls of candy, there is a nip in the air, and we’re all have pumpkin spice latte fatigue. The date of the first release is officially Tuesday, October 31, which begs the question: Will these first rankings be a trick or a treat?
Even with those rankings being so far in the future, it didn’t stop us from projecting what these rankings might have looked like after Week 1 of the college football season. We try our best to take into consideration some of the big wins vs. ho-hum opponents, the dreaded “eyeball test,” and past history of the CFP committee to come up with our best guess as to what the top ten of the rankings might have looked.
Would teams like Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, and Alabama have been given credit for the past? What about the big wins by teams like North Carolina, Colorado, and Florida State.
This will all change drastically week over week so early in the season here, but we like a good challenge. Here’s how we think the top ten of the College Football Playoff rankings may have looked after a very interesting Week 1.