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What Initial College Football Playoff Rankings Means for Georgia Football and the SEC

SI Feed·Ryan Kerley·6 days ago
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Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs squad landed at No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff Rankings that were released on ESPN on Tuesday night.

This doesn’t come as much surprise as the Dawgs hold the same ranking in the AP Top 25. There were, however, a few big surprises or head-scratchers within the rankings.

The initial CFP Rankings:

Miami

Georgia

Utah

Indiana

Alabama

Kentucky

Texas

UCLA

BYU

Ole Miss

Notre Dame

Ohio State

Tennessee

LSU

Texas Tech

Wake Forrest

Houston

Missouri

Iowa

USC

South Carolina

Arizona

Oregon

Florida

Boise State

Indiana is ranked 4th despite four one-score wins over non-ranked teams and a loss to No. 12 Ohio State.

Alabama was ranked 5th despite having two losses with one being to fellow two-loss Tennessee, who is ranked 13th.

Texas, with two losses, is ranked 7th ahead of undefeated UCLA and a couple of one-loss schools.

Georgia is ranked No. 2 ahead of undefeated Utah and UCLA despite the home loss to unranked Auburn.…

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