By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan and Florida State sat atop the season’s first College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, with unbeaten Washington (8-0) and its Pac-12 rival, Oregon (7-1), next up. Texas (7-1) was seventh and Alabama (7-1) was eighth with the Longhorns owning a road victory over the Crimson Tide in September. The Buckeyes (8-0) are No. 1 for the fourth time in the 10-year history of the CFP, and the first time since 2019. Two-time defending champion Georgia (8-0) and Michigan (8-0) have been Nos. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press college football poll since the preseason, but schedules light on big-time competition to this point worked against them with the 13-member selection committee. The Wolverines head into the final month of the season with the program being investigated by the NCAA for a sign-stealing scheme that allegedly involved impermissible in-person scouting.…
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