For the first time in 2020, college football will have a new No. 1 team.
After No. 4 Notre Dame’s nail-biting win over Trevor Lawrence-less Clemson late Saturday night, the Tigers won’t occupy the top spot in the polls, though they’re unlikely to drop very far.
Waiting behind them will be Alabama (idle this week), Ohio State, which easily dispatched Rutgers 49-27, and the Fighting Irish, who won their first game over a top-ranked team since 1993. The Crimson Tide, which garnered 29 first-place votes in last week’s Associated Press college football poll, will almost assuredly ascend into the top spot, with the Irish and Buckeyes likely fighting for the No.