Tennessee has never even been ranked in the CFP top four, much less No. 1.
Seven of the eight teams that sat atop the season's first rankings have ended up in the CFP.Clemson at No. 4 was a bit of a surprise, with many fans and pundits assuming Michigan was a top-four shoo-in.
"If those two teams played next Saturday on a neutral field, you'd be hard pressed to find any oddsmaker or predictive metrics system that believes the Tigers would beat the Wolverines. ESPN's FPI would have Michigan favored by 4.1 points. Bill Connelly's SP+ would have the Wolverines favored by 9.9."This first batch of CFP rankings looks quite similar to the AP poll, with 11 teams receiving the same ranking in both.No.
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