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The College Football Playoff committee ranked Ohio State No. 1 and Indiana No. 2 in its first rankings of the 2025 season.

Committee chair Mack Rhoades stated that subjective evaluation, or the "art" of watching film, played a key role in the rankings.

Rankings will update each Tuesday until the field is selected after conference championship games.

BLOOMINGTON — The cleanest window into the way in which the College Football Playoff selection committee separated Indiana and Ohio State ahead of Tuesday night’s top-25 reveal came in an answer about Notre Dame .

Debuting their first rankings of the 2025 season, the committee slid IU in at No. 2, behind the defending national champion Buckeyes at No. 1. Texas A&M, America’s third remaining undefeated team,

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