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CFB media reacts to first College Football Playoff rankings of 2022 season

ByCody Williams|
Oct 29, 2022; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back Jaylen Wright (20) reacts after running for a touchdown against the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 29, 2022; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back Jaylen Wright (20) reacts after running for a touchdown against the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

The first College Football Playoff rankings were revealed in Week 10 on Tuesday night and the media had plenty of thoughts about the CFP rankings.Ā 

Coming into Week 10, one of the biggest dominoes set to fall was how the committee would rank the best teams in the country for the first College Football Playoff rankings. There were big questions about whether or not Georgia, the team ranked atop the AP Top 25, would hold off Tennessee (or even Ohio State) for that spot in the CFP rankings.

But there was no time for speculating when you get down to it. In the end, all of the debate didnā€™t matter until Tuesday night with the reveal of the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season.

At long last, though, we have our first picture of what the playoff rankings looking like with Tennessee, Ohio State and Georgia being the Top 4 but Clemson jumping over Michigan for the last spot in the Playoff as of now.

But letā€™s look at the full Top 25 CFP rankings before diving into what college football media had to say.

College Football Playoff Rankings: Top 25 in Week 10

  1. Tennessee Volunteers
  2. Ohio State Buckeyes
  3. Georgia Bulldogs
  4. Clemson Tigers
  5. Michigan Wolverines
  6. Alabama Crimson Tide
  7. TCU Horned Frogs
  8. Oregon Ducks
  9. USC Trojans
  10. LSU Tigers
  11. Ole Miss Rebels
  12. UCLA Bruins
  13. Kansas State Wildcats
  14. Utah Utes
  15. Penn State Nittany Lions
  16. Illinois Fighting Illini
  17. North Carolina Tar Heels
  18. Oklahoma State Cowboys
  19. Tulane Green Wave
  20. Syracuse Orange
  21. Wake Forest Demon Deacons
  22. NC State Wolfpack
  23. Oregon State Beavers
  24. Texas Longhorns
  25. UCF Knights

Tennessee getting the No. 1 spot was a shock to some, but one that we could see coming. Meanwhile, Georgia going all the way down to No. 3 was a shock as well. And Michigan fans surely arenā€™t going to be happy about the fact that an undefeated team is not inside the Top 4.

College football media reactions to first 2022 CFP rankings

With a big reveal like this and some surprises, college football media had plenty to say about the matter.

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The sentiment from many media members and fans is that these initial rankings only matter but so much. There is still a full month of the regular season and then conference championship games left on the docket, meaning that there is a lot that is still going to happen in the season.

Some fans are still going to be angry, though. But one thing thatā€™s for certain is that Week 10 will offer even more clarity with Tennessee facing Georgia in Athens and then LSU hosting Alabama for a pair of Top 10 SEC matchups.

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