The defending national champions are back on top.
Clemson is ranked No. 1 in this week’s College Football Playoff Committee Rankings, which was released Tuesday night.
This is the seventh time the Tigers have sat atop the Playoff Committee’s rankings since the rankings began in 2014. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 for all six weeks in the 2015 CFP Committee Rankings before losing to Alabama in the national championship game that year.
Clemson (11-1) has been in ranked in the top 4 in all five playoff rankings this year, but this is the first time this season the Tigers have been ranked No.