Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson were the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season released Tuesday night, four days before the Volunteers and Bulldogs square off.
Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson were the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season released Tuesday night, four days before the Volunteers and Bulldogs square off on the field.Tennessee is No. 1 in the CFP rankings for the first time, starting ahead of a group of teams that have become regulars at the top of the selection committee’s top 25. The Volunteers already have beaten Alabama and LSU, which was ranked 10th by the committee.
The committee began its weekly in-person meetings Monday at a hotel in Grapevine, Texas, and revealed the first of six weekly rankings. Only one team that has been No. 1 in the committee’s initial rankings has not made the playoff, but only about half of the teams in the first top four managed to finish there.The highest-ranked team from outside the Power Five conferences was Tulane at No. 19. The highest-ranked champion from the Group of Five conferences earns a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl.
The Tigers had their streak of six straight playoff appearances snapped last year but are well-positioned to get back, with no ranked opponents left before a likely ACC title game against North Carolina.
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