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Miami is No. 1 in first CFP rankings; Indiana is fourth with Notre Dame at No. 11

Lisa Nguyen
Reporter · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM · 1 min read
Miami is No. 1 in first CFP rankings; Indiana is fourth with Notre Dame at No. 11

It's been a confusing college football season so far. Nobody felt that more deeply than the College Football Playoff selection committee, which raised eyebrows galore in its first attempt of the season to make sense of it all.Undefeated Miami received top billing in the committee's first crack at the CFP rankings Tuesday, followed by Georgia and undefeated Utah.From there, the 13 people in that room could have been picking from a hat. Defending champion Indiana was ranked fourth — eight spots ahead of Ohio State, which beat the Hoosiers last month but has since lost quarterback Julian Sayin.At No. 5 was Alabama — eight spots ahead of Tennessee, only a few weeks removed from a 16-point loss to the Vols. At No. 6 was Kentucky, followed by Texas.UCLA, the nation's only other undefeated team, was ranked eighth.Oh, and Notre Dame. The Irish were ranked 11th — seven spots lower than their spot in the AP Top 25 — and received a simple message: As the last team that would make the bracket if t

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