Kirk Herbstreit’s one of the more well-respected analysts under ESPN’s college football umbrella.

But he’s sure to ruffle some SEC — and ACC — feathers after his latest comments during Tuesday’s radio appearance on the Colin Cowherd Show:

“The best team in the country to me is Alabama,” Herbstreit said.

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On Sunday morning, Herbstreit tweeted that his ‘new top four’ consisted of Florida State, Mississippi State, Auburn and Oregon. He put the Crimson Tide in the No. 5 slot ahead of TCU.

So what changed over the last two days?

Herbstreit gave no explanation other than to further detail his stance behind Alabama and Florida State as the nation’s two best teams.

“If you’re just asking me on potential and on athletic ability who the two best teams in the country are just looking at them, I would say I think Alabama and Florida State are the two best teams.”

Top-ranked Mississippi State’s the SEC’s lone unbeaten and one-loss Auburn jumped ahead of Alabama in Sunday’s AP Poll. The second College Football Playoff rankings release later today.

Herbie’s top four will surely fluctuate after Mississippi State and Alabama’s showdown in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 15.