The first College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night, but Texas coach Steve Sarkisian made it clear leading up the big reveal which team has had the best win of the season.

“I’d argue we have the best win in the country right now,” Sarkisian said Monday. “The fact that we go into Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and beat a team that was 52-1 in the previous 53 games of us going in there. … I hear so much about how tough the SEC is, but I haven’t seen any of those teams go in Alabama and win, either, so I feel pretty good about our team.”

Texas came in at No. 7 in the first CFP rankings, one spot ahead of Nick Saban’s Tide.

Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan and Florida State are the top four teams.

The Longhorns are coming off a 35-6 win over BYU on Saturday despite losing starting quarterback Quinn Ewers two weeks ago to a shoulder injury.

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