And even Alabama is having a down year, with two losses so far, the other one being to Vanderbilt.
Yes, Tennessee beat Oklahoma and Florida, but both of those teams are having historically bad seasons with four losses each already. Tennessee lost to Arkansas, who also has four losses.
BYU has a better resume than Tennessee. I thought the whole point of the CFP rankings was to remove subjectivity like ranking Tennessee higher because it’s in the SEC or has higher ranked recruits.