Alabama was No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season Tuesday night, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State.
Texas A&M was fifth and Florida sixth, giving the Southeastern Conference three of the top six teams with Alabama.
Unbeaten Cincinnati from the American Athletic Conference was seventh — the best ranking for a non-Power Five team in the seven-year history of the selection committee’s top 25.
The committee did not regard another unbeaten team from outside the Power Five so highly. BYU was slotted 14th, behind No. 11 Oklahoma (6-2) and No.