The next set of College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday night under heavy scrutiny before the final bracket is set on Sunday.

Alabama and Ole Miss were knocked to the canvas after road upsets, splintering the SEC's College Football Playoff picture coming down the stretch. In our latest bracket projection, SMU is the major beneficiary from SEC chaos,

No one knows exactly what the College Football Playoff selection committee will do in the first year of the 12-team playoff, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey stumped for his conference before the Texas-Texas A&M showdown Saturday night at Kyle Field.

That leaves the three-loss Alabama Crimson Tide as the swing team. Alabama entered last weekend at 8-3 and sitting at 13th in the playoff picture -- one spot out of the field. However, after handling Auburn with relative ease in the Iron Bowl, the Crimson Tide's odds to make the playoffs swung drastically in their favor.

As the regular season has come to a close, all heads now turn to the College Football Playoff committee as 12 teams will have a shot at the National Championshi

Despite the defeat, the Aggies still have a shot at an SEC title and College Football Playoff bid. Over 20 teams can claim they have a path to the College Football Playoff with two weeks to go in the regular season. Plenty happened during a busy Saturday of college football, including BYU dropping from the unbeatens in a loss against Kansas.

What has to happen for Alabama football to sneak into the College Football Playoff? There's no clear path, but we examine the possibilities.

Get a fourth team into the College Football Playoff. We’re passing along several talking points for your social media posts and SEC Championship Game broadcast. Pretty simple stuff, denigrating the ACC and talking up SEC schedule strength,