Alabama most likely needs some help to get into the College Football Playoffs, and unranked USC opened the first door by taking down last week's #3 team. Utah fell from #3 to #13 and (probably) out of playoff contention.
Now there are three teams between #7 Alabama and the AP Top 4. We play one of them (LSU) and two others are guaranteed a loss (TCU or Baylor; Ohio State or Michigan State).
Baylor is still #2 after beating Iowa State but lost their starting quarterback Seth Russell.