GREETINGS, EARTH CITIZENS. THE TIME HAS COME ONCE AGAIN FOR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF COUNCIL TO CONVENE, AND.... sorry, didn’t mean to slip into the Illuminati voice there. Don’t know what came over me. Anyway, yes, the initial CFP rankings are out, and, ooooooh, undefeated defending national champion Clemson is the first team out at #5! I’m sure this has resulted in more than a few spicy takes in certain areas of the Internetosphere, and if the net denizens there could hear me, I’d tell them to stay calm; this will shake itself out over the next few weeks, and at the end of the day we’re going to end up with Clemson-Alabama V in January anyway.