Paul Finebaum gives his College Football Playoff Top 4, predicts who committee will have No. 1

The first College Football Playoff rankings of the year are coming out Tuesday night, and predictions are rolling in ahead of the reveal show. ESPN reporter Heather Dinich and SEC Network host Paul Finebaum logged their predictions, but Finebaum doesn’t think either of them will be correct.

Dinich and Finebaum had the same rankings of Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee and Michigan as the respective top four teams in the nation entering Tuesday night’s show. However, Finebaum said he thinks the CFP committee will go in a much different direction.

“I don’t think either one of us is going to be the same as the committee tonight. … I think we both think Tennessee could end up No. 1,” Finebaum said during an appearance on “Get Up.”

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Tennessee came in tied with Ohio State as the No. 2 team in the latest AP Top 25 entering a key matchup against Georgia on Saturday. That game will have some major implications going forward, and Finebaum acknowledged that by explaining how the committee will look at things next week. He thinks that matchup will determine which team tops the CFP rankings.

“I think the committee will go with Tennessee [at No. 1] for this reason: They have the best win in the country,” Finebaum said. “That speaks for itself with the win two weeks ago in Knoxville over Alabama. After that, I think you can mix it up any way you want.

“Ohio State, to me, looks like the most complete team … but you never know what this committee is going to do. Sometimes, they value strength of schedule, sometimes, it’s the eye test. Whatever they do, it’s not going to matter for this reason, Greeny. Because the winner of Tennessee-Georgia Saturday will be No. 1 next week.”