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OU football: Sooners ninth in first College Football Playoff rankings

Jeff Patterson
by Jeff Patterson
Published: Tue, November 5, 2019 8:39 PM Updated: Tue, November 5, 2019 10:26 PM

The Sooners will have a little ways to climb in order to make the College Football Playoff for a third consecutive year.

Oklahoma was ranked ninth in the playoff committee's initial rankings Tuesday night.

Ohio State opens at No. 1, followed by LSU, Alabama and Penn State in the field if the playoff started today.

Defending champion Clemson checks in at No. 5 with Georgia, Oregon and Utah ahead of OU. Florida is 10th.

Three other Big 12 teams made the top 25 with Baylor at No. 12, Kansas State at No. 16 and Oklahoma State at No. 23.



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The championship trophy is seen before a news conference for the NCAA college football playoff championship game between Alabama and Clemson Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The championship trophy is seen before a news conference for the NCAA college football playoff championship game between Alabama and Clemson Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney kisses the championship trophy after defeating Alabama 44-16 in the NCAA college football playoff championship game, in Santa Clara, Calif. Swinney has agreed to the biggest contract in college football history, paying him $92 million over the next 10 years. Trustees approved the contract Friday, April 26, 2019, which runs through 2028. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson is the sports editor of The Oklahoman. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he allegedly once told his father on a childhood trip passing through Oklahoma that he would one day live there. He doesn't recall this, but he fulfilled that... Read more ›

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