In December of '14, the Playoff committee released an image through Twitter of what the first ring would look like. I want to say it was around the middle of December—I know it was after the SECCG. I looked a few days before the Bama game with MSU and couldn't find anything on whether the CFBPC had released an image for this year. I looked again when I saw that picture the OP posted and still couldn't find anything.
Ohio State revealed their rings in May of last year. That makes the timing of this picture a little suspect, in my opinion.
On a side note: I noticed a Tweet the other day where Saban was in his office with a recruit. I think it may have been Mack. There were four boxes on his table where he displays the NC rings leaving me wondering what was in the fourth box.