What Will the College Football Playoff Rankings Be? What Should They Be?

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be released tonight. The anticipation is somewhat palpable. No installment is harder to predict than the initial one, but we’ll try anyway. Without seeing what the committee values this year, here’s what we think they’ll do — and what they should do in a fair and just world.

Kyle Koster

The Committee’s rankings will be:

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Notre Dame
4. Clemson
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. Miami
10. Oklahoma State

The Committee Rankings should be:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Clemson
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Ohio State
8. Miami
9. Penn State
10. TCU

Jason Lisk

The Committee’s Rankings will be:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Clemson
5. Ohio State
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Wisconsin
9. Miami
10. TCU

The Committee’s Rankings should be:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Penn State
5. Clemson
6. Ohio State
7. Wisconsin
8. TCU
9. Miami
10. Oklahoma

Jason McIntyre

The Committee’s Rankings will be:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio State
5. Clemson
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Wisconsin
9. Miami
10. TCU

The Committee Rankings should be:

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio State
5. Clemson
6. Penn State
7. Miami
8. Wisconsin
9. TCU
10. Oklahoma State

Michael Shamburger

The Committee’s Rankings will be:

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio State
5. Clemson
6. Miami
7. Penn State
8. Wisconsin
9. TCU
10. Oklahoma State

The Committee’s Rankings should be:

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio State
5. Miami
6. Clemson
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. TCU
10. Oklahoma State