When the College Football Playoff selection committee meets on Halloween to reveal its first ranking, the group will not discuss Georgia's back-to-back national titles, nor is it supposed to be influenced by them.
The committee will evaluate the Bulldogs' résumé to that point, and Saturday's win against Kentucky might be their only against a ranked opponent -- if the No. 20 Wildcats are even ranked.
Which leaves the possibility that Georgia might not be No. 1.
(Insert audible gasp here).
While it's certainly possible Georgia ultimately ends this season where it began -- as the nation's premier program -- the committee's weekly snapshots reward the teams that have played the best against the toughest competition.