After a home loss to Oklahoma Saturday, Nov. 15, Alabama football remains firmly in the College Football Playoff hunt.

A shocking loss by Alabama and an impressive Saturday for Georgia and Notre Dame helped shake up the Week 13 CFP picture.

Texas A&M maintained its standing in the top three after a comeback win over South Carolina, while Texas Tech moved up two spots to No. 6. Oklahoma is also in the top 10 after its upset of Alabama. Meanwhile, Texas fell to No. 17 after its stumble on the road at Georgia.

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.

There might still be a path to the College Football Playoff for Alabama football, even with a loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl.

Any seasoned college football fan knows, however, that September is not to be trusted. Weathering injury to quarterback John Mateer, Oklahoma dropped games to Texas and Ole Miss in October. Another year in the postseason middle class looked imminent, and the Sooners' College Football Playoff chances remote.

A 27-point comeback win for the No. 3 team in the nation and a potential landscape-altering result in Tuscaloosa headline another chaotic week of college football.

The Sooners' upset win against Alabama propels them into the projected CFP field. Kevin C. Cox / And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 12, when I started to realize this year’s College Football Playoff field is not going to resolve itself cleanly.

No. 5 Georgia's convincing win over 10th-ranked Texas pushes the Longhorns out of the picture this week and sets up a first-round bye possibility for the Bulldogs. Georgia's won six straight games and would have an opportunity at defending its SEC title in Atlanta if Alabama loses to Auburn or Texas beats Texas A&M on Nov. 28.