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

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