Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
No Alabama Football fan believes it is ever too early to start talking College Football Playoff teams. Bill Bender writing for Sporting News agrees.
On Tuesday, Bender published his list of CFB Playoff contenders and created five tiers for grouping them. Current is a key word in the tier listings. As Bender noted, much will change as teams move in and out of his tiers. Credit the Sporting News for being bold. Technically they have not excluded any program from future consideration. But, they are basically telling the fanbases of 114 teams that those teams have little chance to reach the final four in 2021.