Tuesday night around 7:20 ET, right during what could be some of the tensest moments of a long and divisive election, the College Football Playoff committee will release its first rankings update of the season. I’m fascinated to see how many people care this week. Anyway, the rankings should be largely the same as last week’s at the top. Alabama will certainly remain No. 1 after shutting out an LSU that could still be ranked, Clemson and Michigan will jostle around in the next two spots (I could see UM jumping this week, since the team it beat has a better record than the team the Tigers beat, but it doesn’t matter a ton), and we’ll all yell about No. 4. Last week, 7-1 Texas A&M ranked ahead of 8-0 Washington on dubious grounds. The Aggies had faced a tougher schedule, but their list of wins didn’t exactly sing at the time, other than the Auburn one. A&M lost to Mississippi State, so UW’s not gonna be jumped by a one-loss team again, right? Especially after winning at Cal, 66-27? Well, about that. The combined Week 10 margin of victory by Bama, Clemson, Michigan, Washington, Ohio State, Louisville, and Wisconsin:…
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