The initial College Football Playoff rankings are out, and Georgia football is pretty much in a similar situation where it was a year ago.

Sitting at 7-1 and going to Mississippi for a road trip with four games to go.

The Bulldogs were boatraced by Ole Miss last season after the first rankings reveal and bounced back to close out the regular season with three wins in a row, and then with their playoff spot all but secured, won the SEC championship.

So if Georgia , ranked No. 5 by the CFP in its first reveal on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, can get by Mississippi State Saturday on the road — no sure thing with this team — it seems to be in good shape for the playoff if it can beat either No. 11 Texas or No. 17 Georgia Tech .

Georgia needed overtime to beat both those teams in back-to-ba

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