Top 25 voters looked at Georgia’s 8-0 record, considered that seven of those eight wins have come by at least three scores, took into account the program’s status as defending national champion as well as its blistering 26-1 mark since midway through the 2020 season, and did the usual: They voted the Bulldogs No. 1.
But the College Football Playoff selection committee? Nope, no way, no, sir. In its first rankings of the season, released Tuesday, that all-powerful group had 8-0 Tennessee at No. 1, followed by 8-0 Ohio State at No. 2 and little ol’ Georgia at No. 3.
