Alabama plummets in college football rankings
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After a home loss to Oklahoma Saturday, Nov. 15, Alabama football remains firmly in the College Football Playoff hunt.
There might still be a path to the College Football Playoff for Alabama football, even with a loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl.
Consequential games across the SEC had AP top 25 voters rethinking the order around the top of the updated college football rankings as we move into Week 13 action.
For three weeks, the top five teams of the AP Top 25 college football rankings have remained unchanged, with Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia at the top of the heap. That’s set to shift when the latest poll drops at 2 p.m. ET. No. 4 Alabama should take the greatest hit after a 23-21 loss to No. 11 Oklahoma.
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College football Top 25 rankings: Oklahoma rises; Alabama, Texas fall in US LBM Coaches Poll
The US LBM Coaches Poll got a major overhaul after Week 12 of the college football season with help from Oklahoma's defeat of Alabama.
The Oklahoma Sooners held off the Alabama Crimson Tide for a 23-21 road win Saturday to keep OU in the heart of the College Football Playoff race.
Their 35-10 Week 12 loss against Georgia provided irrefutable proof that Texas isn't anywhere close to being a premier program in the SEC. The Longhorns look woefully outmatched against most teams with a similar talent level, and they're much closer to middling than they are to elite.
Two teams in the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches Poll lost in Week 12 of the college football season. Our projection for the new top 10 of the rankings.