So long, Associated Press poll. Goodbye, Amway Coaches Poll. The only poll that truly matters in the race to the national championship is the College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday for the first time this season. Here is a look at those initial rankings: It cannot be stressed enough how fluid these standings truly are given last season’s results. Only Florida State made the playoffs from the teams ranked in the Top Four of last season’s initial College Football Playoff poll. The Ohio State Buckeyes, who eventually won the national championship, found themselves all the way at No. 16 with an ugly loss to Virginia Tech on their resume. That is to say, don’t worry too much if your team isn’t in playoff pole position in the first batch of rankings, especially since so many of the top squads still have to play each other (such as Ohio State and Michigan State, Baylor and TCU, and Alabama and LSU). Naturally, the Twitter world reacted with the release of the first poll. ESPN College Football provided a glance at what the playoffs would look like if they started today: #CFBPlayoff rankings Top 6 revealed #CFP25 on ESPN pic.twitter.com/pNEFDEMYNB — ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) November 4, 2015 The fact Clemson is No. 1 despite an undefeated LSU from the strong SEC and an undefeated Ohio State team that won the title last year may stand out to some…
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