Texas A&M was ranked fourth behind Alabama, Clemson and Michigan in the season’s first College Football Playoff rankings.
The Aggies (7-1) surprisingly were a spot ahead of unbeaten Washington on Tuesday in the first of six selection committee rankings. The Crimson Tide (8-0), Tigers (8-0), Wolverines (8-0) and Huskies (8-0) are the only remaining undefeated teams from Power Five conferences and hold the top four spots in the latest Associated Press poll .
The 12-person committee, however, gave a nod to Texas A&M’s strength of schedule.
Ohio State was sixth and Louisville was seventh.
In the first two seasons of the College Football Playoff, only one team each season made the committee’s initial top four and the final four.