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College Football Playoff Rankings Unveiled
Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State are revealed as the top four teams in the nation and will take part in the inaugural College Football Playoff.
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Alabama Crimson Tide,
Ohio State Buckeyes,
Florida State Seminoles,
Oregon Ducks
The No. 1 Crimson Tide will face the No. 4 Buckeyes in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, and the second-seeded Ducks will face the third-seeded Seminoles in the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual, both on New Year's Day.
The 12-member selection committee bumped
TCU from the top four in favor of the Buckeyes, who defeated
Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday.
The Horned Frogs, ranked No. 3 in the previous rankings, dropped to No. 6, behind Florida State, Ohio State and Big 12 rival
Baylor. Without Baylor and TCU in the College Football Playoff, the Big 12 loses out on $6 million for having one team in the playoff field.
Alabama and Oregon remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Florida State, which defeated
Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game on Saturday, moved up one spot to No. 3.
The semifinal winners will meet in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T on Jan. 12.