What was uncertain heading into these first rankings was which team would follow the Ducks. Georgia and Ohio State both had strong cases with respective road wins against Texas and Penn State and narrow road losses to Alabama and Oregon.

Previous years have seen a four-team playoff system, but this is the first year when the CFP expanded to 12 teams; five teams will qualify automatically. RELATED: 3 CFP takeaways for Texas football,

The Oregon Ducks are the runaway No. 1 seed in the new 12-team College Football Playoff after the first rankings of the season were announced on Tuesday.