College Football Playoff Rankings: Georgia rise to No. 1, Notre Dame cracks top 5 after big win over Miami
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Meanwhile, Miami plummeted down the rankings six spots after its one-touchdown loss to Notre Dame, moving to No.
Key points
- And the Fighting Irish jumped up six spots with that "signature" win under their belt at home against the top-ranked team, as they are now at No.
- Alabama was in that first pool – Tennessee was not in that first pool," Yurachek said, referring to the subgroups teams are placed in based on metrics, with the first pool being the top teams in the country in the committee’s eyes.
- "Well, we’ll go back to what you just said about Miami and Notre Dame.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE ADMITS THEY DON'T CARE FANS ARE AGAINST 24-TEAM PLAYOFF CFP committee chair Hunter Yurachek, who serves as athletic director for Arkansas, explained Alabama’s placement.
11 by the College Football Playoff committee in its initial rankings last week, took down the No.
Additional details
- But these rankings will surely stir some debate, as Alabama, picking up a commanding 31-13 win over LSU, moved up two spots to No.
- Both the Vols and Crimson Tide own a 7-2 record, and the head-to-head question that arose in last week’s rankings is even stronger now since Tennessee beat Alabama 26-10 earlier this season.
- As such, there’s a new top team in college football.
- "They have four, what we call, quality wins, because we continue to call that the win against Mississippi State earlier in the year when they had Kamario Taylor on their team.
- "Tennessee’s got a couple of quality wins – their win they just had against Kentucky and the win they had against Alabama." Texas came in at No.
How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →
Advertisement
Every article behind this summary — 1 article from 1 outlet
Get stories like this in your inbox.
Subscribe — it's freeOne free email at 6am — your topics, deduplicated, five minutes. No account, no paywall.