Here are the College Football Playoff Committee's 1st Rankings Release for the 2022 Season:

1.) Tennessee(8-0)
2.) Ohio State(8-0)
3.) Georgia(8-0)
4.) Clemson(8-0)
5.) Michigan(8-0)
6.) Alabama(7-1)
7.) TCU(8-0)
8.) Oregon(7-1)
9.) USC(7-1)
10.) LSU(6-2)
11.) Ole Miss(8-1)
12.) UCLA(7-1)
13.) Kansas State(6-2)
14.) Utah(6-2)
15.) Penn State(6-2)
16.) Illinois(7-1)
17.) North Carolina(7-1)
18.) Oklahoma State(6-2)
19.) Tulane(7-1)
20.) Syracuse(6-2)
21.) Wake Forest(6-2)
22.) NC State(6-2)
23.) Oregon State(6-2)
24.) Texas(5-3)
25.) UCF(6-2)

Teams Ranked by Conference:

• SEC - 5 (1, 3, 6, 10, 11)
• Big Ten - 4 (2, 5, 15, 16)
• Big 12 - 4 (7, 13, 18, 24)
• ACC - 5 (4, 17, 20, 21, 22)
• Pac 12 - 5 (8, 9, 12, 14, 23)
• AAC - 2 (19, 25)

Key Notes about CFP Rankings:

-The team ranked #1 in 1st CFP Ranking of Season has missed the Play-Off only once. (Mississippi State in 2014)

-The lowest ranked team in the 1st Rankings of the season to make the CFP is Ohio State in 2014 when they were ranked 16th in the committee's first release.

-Only twice has a team made the CFP that was ranked outside the Top 10 in the initial rankings. (Ohio State was 16 in 2014, and Oklahoma was 15 in 2015).

-Tulane is the highest ranked Group of 5(Non-Power Conference) in the initial CFP Rankings for 2022.

-Texas is the only team in the initial 2022 CFP Rankings with more than 2 losses.