Second-ranked Clemson, third-ranked Michigan, fourth-ranked Washington, eighth-ranked Texas A&M, and ninth-ranked Auburn were all upset last Saturday in what was supposed to be one of the worst weekends of college football yet. A neat and tidy group of four undefeated Power-5 teams was shaken up so that the playoff picture is now muddled.
The top of college football has an increasingly stratified group of one-loss teams and dark-horse two-loss teams that remain in contention. Top contenders include Alabama, Ohio State, Louisville, Clemson, Washington, and Michigan. West Virginia (which is a one-loss team for now), Oklahoma, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Colorado are technically in the running too, but it would take more chaos for any of these teams to get considered.