In its first rankings of the season released Tuesday, SEC counterpart Tennessee was the No. 1 choice of the Football Playoff committee, ahead of Ohio State. The Bulldogs were slotted in at No. 3 and Clemson rounded out the top four.
Dan Wolken looks at the biggest surprises and biggest observations from the first College Football Playoff ranking of the season., but the College Football Playoff committee has a different view on who is the best team in college football.
Tennessee and Georgia will meet Saturday in Athens, with the winner an overwhelming favorite to be the clear-cut leader in next week's release. Alabama, already with a loss to Tennessee, and TCU, the only unbeaten in the Big 12, are sixth and seventh, respectively. Pac-12 leader Oregon is eighth. Southern California and LSU complete the top 10.
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