So just to be clear: No one has played anyone, and my win is better than your win.Welcome to College Football Playoff, 2.0, where some things change (wins vs. teams above .500 is the new game control) and some things remain the same (blind love for all things Alabama).MORE: | It is here where we explain that its only the first week, and the only thing that means anything is the raging bout of agita heading your way. Relax, put your feet up. Have a cream soda.Lets get into this week's Four In, Four Out.Four In1. Clemson: An easy pick for No. 1. A terrific big win (vs. No. 5 Notre Dame), and a team that improves every week and wins with Julius Honka Jersey purpose and attitude. Everything you want from your No. 1 team. A word of caution: Mi si sippi State, last years first No. 1 (and also not your typical college footballelite), crashed and burned in November. Up next: vs. No. 16 Florida State.2. LSU: The two top teams in the poll each have played a statement game at home that both were fortunate to win. While Clemson is an easy choice, LSU still has significant questions. It starts with QB Brandon Harris and includes a defense that has given up points and huge chunks of yards a red flag that has been ignored because of all things Fournette. Up next: at Alabama.MORE: 3. Ohio State: This is based purely on potential. Theres no way any honest committee member can look at the Buckeyes resume and think this is a top four team. This is Florida State, circa 2014: Alexandre Fortin Jersey the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. Its a safe bet for another two weeks until we get our first real look at Ohio State in a game that means something. Up next: vs. Minnesota.MORE: 4. Alabama: If Ohio State's ranking is based purely on potential, then Alabama's is based purely on name. The Tide resume is two road wins over wildly overrated SEC teams (Georgia, Texas A&M), a win over the worst Wisconsin team in years and a home lo s (in which it gave up 43 points) to a team that Mathew Barzal Jersey lost to Memphis. The difference between the Tide and Buckeyes: Alabama can change that narrative in a few days with a top five win. Up next: vs. LSU.BENDER: Four Out5. Notre Dame: If youre seeing a trend (college footballheavyweights) and embracing a conspiracy theory (the selection committee went big to draw interest), youre not alone. The Irish lost at Clemson on the last play of the game, a two-point conversion try that could have tied the game. Other than that, theres what on the ND resume? A win over an emotionally gutted USC team? The Irish are in perfect position: win out, win big at Stanford, and ride it all the way into Phil Kessel Jersey the top four. Up next: at Pittsburgh.MORE: 6. Baylor: The biggest winner of the night. Seriously. While most with green-colored gla ses see a snub, I see potential. The No. 6 ranking did one critical thing: Baylor now has Texas-sized motivation to zero in on a dangerous trap game at Kansas State on Thursday. The first start for new QB Jarrett Stidham just got easier with the rest of the team focused on proving everyone wrong. Up next: at Kansas State (Thursday).MORE: 7. Michigan State: OK, lets look at this rationally. The Spartans have a road win over Michigan (better than any Ohio State win)and has non-conference wins over Oregon and Air Force (better than any Ohio State non-con win), yetMichigan State is No. 7 and Ohio State is No. 3? Still not convinced Ohio State's ranking is based on Nick Cousins Jersey potential? The Spartans biggest problem: The committee obviously sees the Michigan win as something other than what it is. Up next: at Nebraska.8.TCU:This may be the best ranking of the day (outside of Clemson at No.1). TCU really hasnt done much to warrant a top four ranking, but in various stretchesit has looked like the nations best team. Like everyone else in the Big 12, the Frogs move to the provingground beginningthis weekend. Of the three unbeatens in the conference(TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State), TCU is best-equipped to make it to December without a lo s. Up next: at Oklahoma State.