Clemson began the season at No. 4 in the AP poll, and Florida State rose all the way to No. 7 amid a 3-0 start. At one point or another, both were expected to be among the top teams in the ACC and potentially even national championship contenders.

The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season will be revealed Tuesday night. Here's what we think they'll look like.

The AP Top 25 College Football Poll is about to finally be rendered completely useless as College Football Playoff rankings show season is here, but we at A to Z Sports thought it would be fun to point out just how dead wrong it is one more time this season.

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday. A look at how we think the top 12 will shake out when it is revealed.

No. 45 Baylor (+13): Sawyer Robertson cooled the temps around Waco just a bit with three touchdown passes to lead the Bears in a 30-3 runaway win against UCF. The victory puts Baylor back over .500 on the year now at 5-4, but making a bowl game will still be a challenge with games against Utah, Arizona and Houston left on the schedule.