College football rankings: Ohio State is No. 1 as three Big Ten teams land in top five of final CBS Sports 134

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The 2024 season reached it conclusion on Monday night with Ohio State’s win against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship, wrapping up a year unlike any other in modern college football history. Not only did we have the first-ever 12-team playoff bracket, but the landscape as a whole entered into a new era with a new look for every power conference thanks to realignment and further impact from the changes related to roster construction. 

The good teams didn’t always seems as dominant, and the “bad” teams seemed more likely than ever to pull off an upset, and that compression of the sport at the highest levels made the week-to-week changes in the rankings even more thrilling to track (for fans) and more difficult to figure out for those experts with ballots. Ranking every FBS team is a labor of love for those of us at CBS Sports and 247Sports who contribute to the CBS Sports 134, because we think a true picture of strength in college football needs a wider lens than just 25 teams. But when the difference between No. 15 and No. 50 is tighter than it’s arguably ever been, you are left with big swings and overreactions leading to a rankings set that is constantly changing. 

But now it’s time to put the final stamp on 2024 with the postseason edition of the CBS Sports 134. It of course leads with Ohio State taking the No. 1 spot just ahead of Notre Dame at No. 2, but the rest of the top 10 shows a respect for the entire body of work rather than just a reaction to the playoff or bowl results. Oregon dropped just two spots to No. 3, and Georgia…

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2025-01-22 15:39:00

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