Kirk Herbstreit, College GameDay crew share how they believe first 2023 Playoff rankings will look

Kirk Herbstreit and the rest of the College GameDay crew weighed in on the top teams ahead of the first College Football Playoff rankings.

The CFP selection committee will unveil its first top 25 of the season on Tuesday. Herbtreit, Rece Davis, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee shared their top 6s entering the Week 9 games during Saturday’s show. Lee Corso is absent from Saturday’s show in Salt Lake City due to a family matter.

Georgia leads in No. 1 votes among the GameDay analysts, but UGA was not a unanimous pick. Kirk Herbstreit went with Michigan at No. 1. Florida State, Ohio State and Oklahoma also got top 4 love. Washington is a universal No. 5 among the 4 GameDay personalities.

• Davis: No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Oklahoma
• Howard: No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Ohio State
• McAfee: No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Florida State
• Herbstreit: No. 1 Michigan, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Oklahoma

We’ll see if Saturday’s games shake up the top 6.

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