BATON ROUGE — Not only is LSU considered the best one-loss team in the country, for one group of voters the Tigers are better than even an undefeated traditional power.

The first College Football Playoff Rankings were unveield on Tuesday night. No surprise at the top as undefeated, and reigning national champion, Alabama (8-0) was ranked No. 1 with undefeated Clemson (8-0) at No. 2.

The surprise came at No. 3 as the committee, selected LSU (7-1) over undefeated Notre Dame (8-0) who came in at No. 4. 

The two teams right on the outside of the top four were Michigan (7-1), and Georgia (7-1). The rest of the top 10 is Oklahoma (7-1), Washington State (7-1), Kentucky (7-1), and Ohio State (7-1). 

The highest Group of Five team is undefeated UCF who comes in at No. 12. 

Next week’s rankings will be shaken up as not only does No. 1 Alabama play at No. 3 LSU, but No. 6 Georgia and No. 9 Kentucky face off.