The top five teams remained unchanged in the second rankings released by the College Football Playoff selection committee Tuesday.
Ohio State remained No. 1 and was followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia in the top five.
Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma and BYU round out the top 12 teams in the rankings.
Since five conference champions are guaranteed to make the 12-team bracket, No. 24 South Florida (highest-ranked Group of 5 champion) would replace BYU as the 12th seed and Miami (projected ACC champion) would replace Oklahoma.
The Buckeyes, Hoosiers, Aggies and Crimson Tide would receive first-round byes as the top four teams if the second rankings were used for the 12-team bracket.
The first-round games would be this: South Florida at Georgia, Miami at Texas Tech, Texas at Ole Miss and Notre Dame at Oregon.
The SEC had six teams in the top 12, followed by the Big Ten with three and the Big 12 with two. The ACC had five teams in the top 25 but none higher than No. 15.
South Florida was the only team from a Group of 5 conference in the top 25.
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