Tennessee was No. 1 in the first CFP rankings last year
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00:00 These college football playoff rankings, these first ones don't mean much of anything.
00:05 The only thing they might show is what the selection committee is looking for
00:10 in terms of how they rank the teams.
00:13 They're looking at resume, which is why Ohio State is number one and not
00:18 number three as it is in both polls.
00:21 And they're looking at head to head, because Washington beat Oregon.
00:27 That's why Washington is ahead of Oregon now, even though virtually everybody
00:31 thinks that Oregon's the better team at this point.
00:33 Oregon lost by three points at Seattle in that game.
00:37 And the selection committee chairman even mentioned that there was some
00:42 hesitation about Washington based on the weak showings they had against Arizona
00:48 State and Stanford the past two weeks, winning those games, but not looking
00:51 particularly good in those two games.
00:54 So these rankings don't mean anything, but it may just indicate what the
01:01 selection committee is thinking about when they make these rankings.