When the first College Football Playoff rankings of 2015 — as determined by the Playoff's 12-person selection committee — were released on Tuesday night, many fans were perplexed by the most glaring oddity of the top 10: One-loss Alabama, which lost to Mississippi, was ranked No. 4, while one-loss Florida, which crushed Mississippi, was No. 10.
That doesn't make sense, right? Florida was clearly better on the field than the only team that vanquished Alabama — and the Gators' only loss is to LSU, a team the committee ranked all the way up at No.