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‘Words I Never Thought I’d Hear,’ ‘(Hunter) Yurachek Is Probably Looking At a PR Team’ — Dave Portnoy, CFB World Rip CFP Committee Chair on Alabama, Tennessee Rankings

The initial College Football Playoff rankings sparked controversy by placing Alabama at No. 5 despite the Crimson Tide sharing an identical 6-2 record with Tennessee.

Although the Volunteers defeated Alabama 26-10 earlier this season, committee chairman Hunter Yurachek defended the ranking by highlighting Alabama's victories over Kentucky, South Carolina, and Mississippi State as superior resume-building wins. Critics, including Dave Portnoy and Jacob Davis, publicly mocked the committee's logic regarding these specific game results.

The committee currently ranks Alabama ahead of other one-loss programs like BYU, Notre Dame, and Kentucky, while Tennessee remains outside the projected playoff field.

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