The initial College Football Playoff rankings of the season have been released. Ohio State is at No. 6 and the Big Ten has four teams ranked in the top 10 and Penn State came in at No. 12.
Alabama is ranked at No. 1 followed by Clemson, Michigan, Texas A&M and Washington to round out the top 5. Wisconsin at 8 and Nebraska at 10 are the other Big Ten teams in the rankings this week.
Not only does the playoff committee have a high opinion of the Big Ten, they think highly of the SEC as well.