The College Football Playoff selection committee released its first set of rankings for this season on Tuesday. Texas (7-1) earned the No. 5 ranking in the initial poll but will be seeded sixth. Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia and Miami earned the top four ...

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M is right on the outside looking in on the 12-team College Football Playoff with an initial ranking of 14th behind No. 13 SMU, but take heart, A&M fans: The Aggies 100 percent control their destiny in terms of making their first CFP.

If the College Football Playoff began today, the Texas A&M Aggies would just miss out on securing a spot in the field. The initial CFP rankings were released T