The seven at-large bids are: Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, Notre Dame and Alabama.

This is the first set of rankings for the 12-team playoff era. Teams seeded 5 through 12 will play on Dec. 20 and 21, with the four higher seeds hosting games on campus. The four conference champions will get a bye and wait until Dec. 31 or Jan. 1 to play their first game.

One of the teams just outside of at-large berths is Ole Miss, with the Rebels coming in at No. 16. Ole Miss is 7-2 and still in the College Football Playoff hunt. Ole Miss scored 63 points in a win over Arkansas and plays Georgia Saturday.

The Bulldogs have their attention on the Rebels this week.

“We focus on now. What can we take care of now? That’s going to take care of itself later down the road,” linebacker CJ Allen said. “So, right now, we’re just focusing on ourself and focusing on Ole Miss. So once we cross that road we’ll take care of it then, but we just want to focus on what’s going on now, and that’ll help everything later on.”

The rankings come out every Tuesday until the final rankings are released on Dec. 8, after the SEC championship game.

“I’m going to do my Tuesday night routine,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “I don’t think you can worry about it much. Certainly, whatever it is today, it won’t be next week or the next week or the next week. So it’s great energy and buzz for you guys and for fans, I guess, but every minute you’ve been worrying about that is one less that I’m worried about our team.”

College Football Playoff Rankings released Nov. 5