If there’s one thing you can consistently say about the weekly College Football Playoff rankings it’s that they always create conversation. Tuesday was no different.
Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Alabama — in that order — were in the top-four spots in Tuesday’s release of the initial CFP rankings. Notre Dame and Baylor were right on the bubble at fifth and sixth, while Michigan State, TCU, Iowa and Florida rounded out the Top 10.
There were some things that went as expected — Clemson and LSU taking the top-two spots, for example — as well as some things that maybe caught many by surprise — Alabama, with one loss, finding itself in the top four ahead of unbeaten teams such as Michigan State, Baylor and TCU.