The Oregon Ducks remained No. 1 in the second set of College Football Playoff rankings, which were released on Tuesday night.
The Ducks, who currently sit at 10-0 overall and 7-0 in Big Ten play, were followed by Ohio State at No. 2 and Texas at No. 3. Penn State and Indiana round out the top five teams.
Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), BYU (Big 12) and Miami (ACC) would receive first-round byes in the 12-team playoff, while Ohio State (Big Ten), Penn State (Big Ten), Indiana (Big Ten) and Tennessee (SEC) would host games in the opening round.
With that, here is a look at my top takeaways from the second set of CFP rankings:
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1. No. 17-ranked Colorado has a path to the CFP … and the…