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Mississippi State tops the first College Football Playoff rankings. The Bulldogs, who are also No. 1 in the Associated Press and coaches polls, led the rankings announced Tuesday after a vote by a 12-member selection committee. Florida State, which won the last BCS National Championship Game, is No. 2 in the rankings followed by Auburn and Ole Miss. Oregon is fifth and Alabama sixth. It was the first of seven rankings that will be announced, culminating on Dec. 7 when the four semifinal teams will be announced. Auburn and Ole Miss, both one-loss teams, will play Saturday in Oxford in what will presumably be an elimination game, with the loser knocked from contention for a spot in the national semifinal games on Jan. 1. Theres a lot more football to be played, said Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, who chairs the selection committee. The winners of the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl on New Years Day will move on to the national championship game on Jan. 12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Florida State (7-0) will put its unbeaten record on the line on Thursday night against Louisville, the No. 25 team in the playoff rankings. Mississippi State (7-0) is the only other unbeaten in the playoff rankings and faces Arkansas on Saturday. The playoff replaces the oft-criticized Bowl Championship Series, which was in place from 1998 until last season. The rankings will be determined by a 13-member committee -- one member, Archie Manning, is on a health-related leave of absence this year -- who meet in person on Monday and Tuesday during the selection process. The current voters include five university athletic directors and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. TCU, Michigan State, Kansas State and Notre Dame rounded out the top 10 in the first rankings. Georgia, Arizona, Baylor, Arizona State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Utah, Oklahoma, LSU, West Virginia, Clemson, UCLA, East Carolina, Duke and Louisville completed the top 25. Shawn Kelley Jersey . The NFL announced Friday that the Texans sixth-year veteran offensive lineman will replace Philadelphia Eagles tackle Jason Peters in the Jan. Brian Goodwin Jersey . The seventh-ranked Berdych wants to focus on the ATP Tour after helping the Czechs beat the Netherlands in the first round. Seeking their third straight Davis Cup title, the Czechs will rely again on veteran Radek Stepanek. http://www.officialnationalsgearshop.com/Customized/. In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Michael Taylor Jersey . The Maple Leafs will play on the road for the first time this season after dropping home contests to Montreal and Pittsburgh to begin the campaign. After losing a one-goal decision to the Canadiens on Wednesday, they were bested 5-2 on Saturday by the Penguins. Sean Doolittle Jersey . First reported by FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal, its unknown if the impetus for the deferral proposal came from players or management, but it never left the preliminary stages.BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Toronto Blue Jays have promoted Gary Allenson to manage their Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo. Its a move up for Allenson, who spent last season managing the Blue Jays Double-A affiliate in Manchester, N.H. The 58-year-old is in his second season with Toronto, and has 19 seasons of experience managing at the minor-league level. He also has six years of coaching experience at the major league level, split between the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers.dddddddddddd Allenson is a former catcher, who spent most of his six-year major league career with Boston, before closing with Toronto. In Buffalo, he replaces Marty Brown, who decided not to return with the team in December. Allensons staff will include pitching coach Randy St. Claire and hitting coach Richie Hebner. ' ' '