If you want the 4 best teams based solely on their total body of work, this is the ranking.
Obviously, there’s more that goes into it for the committee than that. There’s money. There’s politics. But here’s the ranking based on body of work. No assumptions and no priors going into the season, this is where we end up.
Top 25 (Explanation; Full Ranking)
Michigan (nc)
Florida State (+1)
Washington (+1)
Ohio State (+1)
Penn State (+1)
Oregon (+1)
Liberty (+1)
Georgia (-6)
Missouri (nc)
Ole Miss (nc)
Alabama (nc)
Texas (nc)
LSU (nc)
Oklahoma (+2)
Notre Dame (nc)
Iowa (+1)
James Madison (+1)
Tulane (-4)
Tennessee (nc)
Utah (nc)
Clemson (nc)
Toledo (nc)
NC State (nc)
Kentucky (nc)
Oregon State (nc)