The First College Football Playoff Rankings Are Out

Take a look. React, overreact, fight over them with your buddies. It's the first top 25 from the College Football Playoff committee.

Keep in mind, last year's champion Ohio State was No. 16 in the first poll and three of the top four teams (Mississippi State, Auburn, Ole Miss) did not make the playoff when it was all said and done.

1. Clemson
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
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5. Notre Dame
6. Baylor
7. Michigan State
8. TCU
9. Iowa
10. Florida
11. Stanford
12. Utah
13.  Memphis
14. Oklahoma State
15. Oklahoma
16. Florida State
17. Michigan
18. Ole Miss
19. Texas A&M
20. Mississippi State
21. Northwestern
22. Temple
23. UCLA
24. Toledo
25. Houston

And if you haven't seen it yet, Jimmy Kimmel and other celebrities and athletes remind you through a rendition of "Auld Lange Syne" that the College Football Playoff is on New Year's Eve this season. Plan accordingly.