Ohio State , Indiana , Texas A&M and Alabama lead the way in the first projected College Football Playoff bracket of the 2025 season. The initial College Football Playoff Rankings were released Tuesday, giving the nation some valuable insight into how the selection committee views the national landscape as the calendar turns to its last month of action.

The format is a little different this year, as the College Football Playoff will be based on a straight-seeding model. That means, while the top five ranked conference champions still get an automatic bid, they are not guaranteed a first-round bye. Instead, the byes will go to the four highest-ranked teams in the bracket.

So, in this instance, the Buckeyes, the Hoosiers, the Aggies and the Crimson Tide would receive first-rou

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