Few Saturdays will be more impactful in the College Football Playoff race than this past one.
Most notably, there was a changing of the guard atop the rankings with the reigning national champion Georgia Bulldogs reminding Tennessee who is the king of the SEC East. But that was just the beginning of the developments, as Alabama and Clemson—two of the programs that have largely defined the CFP era—are now likely to be on the outside looking in after noteworthy losses.
As a result, the door remains cracked open for undefeated TCU and three one-loss Pac-12 contenders in Oregon, USC and UCLA to make a late-season charge.