The official College Football Playoff rankings don’t come out for four weeks, giving things time to play out before releasing the real thing.
But Georgia just beat Clemson in the season-opener, so if you think we’re going to sit back and just wait it out without making projections of our own you would be incorrect.
Aside from the Week 1 showdown between the Tigers and the Bulldogs, it was not the most exciting of opening weeks.
- Alabama looked like, well, Alabama, in a 44-13 blowout over Miami.
- Ohio State and Oklahoma actually both struggled in wins over unranked teams.
- Texas A&M was dominant against Kent State.
- Iowa State only beat unranked Northern Iowa by six.
- Penn State took down Wisconsin in a top-25 battle.
- 10th ranked UNC fell to Virginia Tech.
So, if the rankings were released after Week 1’s action, what would all of the above mean for the College Football Playoff standings?
Here we give a look at how we would rank the top-10 teams in the College Football Playoff rankings after the first week of action:
(And yes, I know Notre Dame has not yet played against Florida State. We’ll update accordingly if needed).