The first college football playoff rankings are out and the analysts are picking it apart. It certainly resembles the latest AP Top 25 poll. The Texas Longhorns land at No. 5 in the first rankings of the season.

The first College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday, and as expected, the Texas Longhorns are squarely in the mix in the eyes of the CFP committee. Texas slides in at No. 5 in the initial rankings and is the No.

Texas received a No. 5 ranking and would be slotted as the sixth seed and play No. 11 Alabama in the first round of the new postseason format, according to the initial rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee Tuesday night.