Tennessee First, TCU Seventh in Initial College Football Playoff Ranking

Tennessee is first and TCU is seventh in the initial College Football National Championship Playoff ranking that was released on Tuesday, November 1.

The other teams in the top four are Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson.

Future College Football Playoff rankings will be released on  November 8, November 15, November 22, November 29, and on December 4, which is "Selection Sunday."

On Selection Sunday, the committee will announce the rankings and the matchups of the top four teams for the 2023 Playoff Semifinals at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, in Glendale, Arizona. Both of those games will be played on December 31.

The committee also will announce the pairings for the Capital One Orange Bowl (December 30), Allstate Sugar Bowl (December 31), Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (January 2, 2023) and Rose Bowl Game (January 2, 2023).

 

This season's 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Here is the initial College Football National Championship Playoff ranking:

1. Tennessee, 8-0
2. Ohio State, 8-0
   
3. Georgia, 8-0
   
4. Clemson, 8-0
   
5. Michigan, 8-0
   
6. Alabama, 7-1
   
7. TCU, 8-0
8. Oregon, 7-1
9. USC, 7-1
10. LSU, 6-2
11. Mississippi, 7-1
12. UCLA, 7-1
13. Kansas State, 6-2
14. Utah, 6-2
15. Penn State, 6-2
16. Illinois, 7-1
17. North Carolina, 7-1
18. Oklahoma State, 6-2
19. Tulane, 7-1
20. Syracuse, 6-2
21. Wake Forest, 6-2
22. North Carolina State, 6-2
23. Oregon State, 6-2
24. Texas, 5-3
25. Central Florida, 6-2
    

2021-22 Selection Committee Members: Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky); Tom Burman (athletics director, University of Wyoming); Boo Corrigan (chair) (athletics director, North Carolina State University), Rick George (athletics director, University of Colorado); Chet Gladchuk (athletics director at the U.S. Naval Academy); Jim Grobe (former head coach at Ohio University, Wake Forest and Baylor); Warde Manuel (athletics director at the University of Michigan); Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska); Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University); Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University); John Urschel (Harvard Junior Fellow and former All-American offensive lineman, Penn State University); Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation and former linebacker at the University of Notre Dame); and Kelly Whiteside (associate professor in Sports Media and Journalism at Montclair State University and a longtime sportswriter for USA Today, Sports Illustrated and Newsday).

Additional College Football Playoff information: here