College Football Playoff Rankings 2020, Week 13: 3 biggest surprises

The first College Football Playoff rankings for the 2020 season are here and there were some major surprises. Which teams’ rankings were the most shocking?

Here we are, 13 weeks into the season and the initial College Football Playoff rankings are finally here. Yes, it’s later than normal because of the pandemic, but it’s still met with the same intrigue.

We saw some of the same culprits at the top of the rankings with Alabama coming in at No. 1, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State, respectively. It was somewhat surprising to see Clemson ahead of Ohio State but the Buckeyes’ late start to the season and the fact that they’ve played just four games has a major impact on that ranking.

Three SEC teams made the top 10 after Alabama with Texas A&M as the No. 5 team, Florida right behind at No. 6 and Georgia coming in at No. 9 in a major surprise.

There are still a few weeks left before the final rankings and conference championships and some teams might get eliminated from the race because of a lack of the minimum amount of games. Hopefully COVID-19 stays away and everyone that’s high up in the race stays healthy enough to make a run at the playoff.

If the season ended today, a battle between Ohio State and Alabama would be elite as well as Clemson and Notre Dame. But the season doesn’t end today.

Let’s take a look at some of the biggest surprises from the first playoff rankings of the season.

Honorable mention: Georgia at No. 9, Oregon at No. 15, North Carolina at No. 19 and Iowa at No. 24