Alabama has two losses to Clemson's one, but the Tigers found themselves ranked behind the Tide in the latest College Football Playoff rankings. The rest of the winners and losers from the second CFBPlayoff ranking, via PaulMyerberg:
Simply moving up from last week's No. 7 ranking is a huge positive for TCU, which even in fifth would've been very optimistic about eventually landing in the semifinals as the undefeated Big 12 champions. Already tucked inside the top four with No. 18 Texas, Baylor, Iowa State and the conference championship to come, the Horned Frogs are in wonderful position to finish No. 3 or even No. 2 in the final rankings should they run the table.
, which has two wins against teams in the rankings: No. 14 Utah and No. 25 Washington. Admittedly, the Bruins have just two road wins, both against Pac-12 afterthoughts in Colorado and Arizona State. But has four wins against teams with a winning record; USC has three. The Bruins have two wins against ranked teams to the Trojans' none.
leads the Pac-12 in yards per play, besting Oregon and USC, and ranks second in the conference in yards allowed per play, just decimal points behind Washington State.
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