First College Football Playoff Top 25 Rankings Of 2025 Revealed

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the No. 1 team in the first College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings of the 2024 season, which were announced during ESPN's live broadcast Tuesday (November 4) night.

The top three included No. 2 Indiana and No. 3 Texas A&M, followed by three more SEC teams in No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Georgia and No.6 Ole Miss. No. 7 BYU, No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 9 Oregon and No. 10 Notre Dame conclude the top 19, with Virginia at No. 14 as the top ACC team. The five highest-ranked conference champions will receive an automatic bid in the 12-team playoff, which was implemented last season.

Ohio State, the defending College Football Playoff national champion, has held the No. 1 ranking in the Week 11 Associated Press College Football Top 25 since the preseason poll and remains undefeated through its first eight games. Indiana also ranks No. 2 in the AP Top 25 poll, as the two teams would face off in the Big Ten Championship Game if both remain undefeated.

The full Week 11 College Football Playoff Top 25 poll is included below:

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Ole Miss
7. BYU
8. Texas Tech
9. Oregon
10. Notre Dame
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Utah
14. Virginia
15. Louisville
16. Vanderbilt
17. Georgia Tech
18. Miami
19. USC
20. Iowa
21. Michigan
22. Missouri
23. Washington
24. Pittsburgh
25. Tennessee