Alabama's spot in the College Football Playoff race is not up for debate according to coach Kalen DeBoer. Ranked 10th entering Tuesday night's penultimate top 25 from the selection committee, the Crimson Tide could be on the outside looking in if they lose to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game given comparable resumes from fellow at-large hopefuls Miami and BYU.

The best and second-best teams in the country did their job by beating up on their rivals, but the third-ranked team came out the wrong end of a late upset, for

Texas Tech was No. 5 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings and on Sunday jumped two spots to No. 5 in The Associated Press poll.