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First College Football Playoff rankings of 2015: Stanford ranks 11th

Stanford came in at number 11 in the first College Football Playoff rankings but plenty of shakeups are ahead.

Stanford debuted at number 11 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, which were released earlier today.

This may be a bit disappointing to Stanford fans who, prior to the release of the CFP rankings, had their team ranked #8 and #9 in USA Today and AP, respectively, but the CFP committee's choice to put Stanford in the #11 slot is justifiable. After all, all but three of the teams ahead of one-loss Stanford are undefeated Power Five teams, and the only one-loss teams ranked ahead of Stanford are Alabama, Notre Dame, and Florida.