Welcome to the Death of Parity.

There were precious few upsets during Week 1 of the 2018 college football season. Even worse, there precious few close games. The top five in the first edition of my College Football Power Rankings were favored by a combined 133 points entering the weekend.

Alabama, Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma and Ohio State won their games by a combined 178. The SEC went 13-1 in the opening week, winning its games by an average of 33 points. The Big Ten went 10-1 in its full slate of nonconference affairs.

The point? The College Football Playoff race didn't exactly take shape in Week 1 ... but at least we had some football.

Let's take a look at the where the Power Rankings stand just one week into the season. And here's how I had the top 25 ranked at the conclusion of spring practice back in May.