The College Football playoff is upon us, but before postseason play can began this week, the CFRA must publish its end of regular season top 25 poll. Interestingly enough, this poll would produce the same 12 team playoff field as the CFP rankings, but the seedings would be quite different, as you will see below. The 12 teams that the CFRA would have selected to make up this year’s College Football Playoff field based on these rankings are denoted by an asterik next to their name. First-place votes are in parentheses next to each team.

1.  Indiana (11)*– 275 points

2.  Georgia*– 258 points

3.  Ohio State*– 256 points  

4.  Texas Tech*– 244 points

5.  Oregon*– 225 points

6.  Texas A & M*- 217 points

7.  Ole Miss*– 213 points

8.  Oklahoma*– 190 points

9.  Miami-FL*- 175 points

10. Alabama*- 169 points

11. Notre Dame– 168 points

12. Vanderbilt– 152 points

13. Texas– 125 points

14. BYU– 124 points

15. Utah– 111 points

16. James Madison*– 110 points

17. Tulane*– 102 points

18. Southern California– 90 points

19. Michigan– 85 points

20. Virginia– 58 points

21. Arizona– 57 points

22. Georgia Tech– 43 points

23. North Texas– 27 points

24. Navy– 26 points

25. Houston– 25 points

Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee 13, Duke 10, Washington 6, Missouri 5, UConn 4, Iowa 4, South Florida 4, Iowa State 2, Kennesaw State 1, Boise State 1

Dropped Out (since Midseason Poll): LSU 11, Tennessee 12, Missouri 15, Memphis 17, South Florida 21, Cincinnati 24, UNLV 25

Teams Ranked Higher in CFRA than AP and Coaches Polls: Texas A & M (6), Miami-FL (9), James Madison (16).

Teams Ranked Lower in CFRA than AP and Coaches Polls: Ole Miss (7), BYU (14), Southern California (18), Michigan (19), Iowa (NR).

Teams Ranked Exactly the Same in All 3 Major Human Polls (AP, CFRA, and Coaches): Indiana (1), Texas Tech (4), Oregon (5), Oklahoma (8), Utah (15).