Miami gets historic No. 1 spot as Alabama nabs surprise top-five ranking in first CFP reveal

It’s been a confusing college football season so far. Nobody felt that more deeply than the College Football Playoff selection committee, which raised eyebrows aplenty in its first attempt of the season to make sense of it all. Undefeated Miami received top billing in the committee’s opening crack at the CFP rankings Tuesday for the first time, followed by Georgia (7-1) and undefeated Utah. From there, the 13 people in that room could have been picking from a hat.