There's a great deal of football left to be played, but if the 12-team College Football Playoff started today, the Georgia Bulldogs would be out. The Alabama Crimson Tide would be in, as would the Texas Longhorns,

SMU’s slim chance of making the 12-team field as a second ACC team pretty much evaporated when the previously undefeated Hurricanes lost to unranked Georgia Tech, dropping Miami from fourth to ninth in the committee’s second round of rankings.

The SMU Mustangs learned their latest College Football Playoff ranking Tuesday night when the committee revealed the updated standings after a wild Week 12. SMU now sits at No. 14, dropping back a spot after its bye week,