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First College Football Playoff rankings of season come out Tuesday

Next Tuesday, the 2016 season really begins to heat up with the release of the first set of rankings by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. Let’s review the basics.

* Starting this Sunday, the 12-member committee will meet each week at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel in Grapevine, Texas, which is short drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The committee will release the rankings on Tuesday nights on November 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. The final rankings will be released on Sunday, December 4.

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt is the chairman of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. MICHAEL C. JOHNSON/USA TODAY SPORTS
Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt is the chairman of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.