Starting 11: What if SEC and Big Ten Both Got Two Playoff Teams?

Wow, what a weekend.

Four top ten teams went down -- Clemson, Washington State, Auburn and Washington and the college football playoff picture got turned upside down.

I'll explain all the significance of these losses below, but for now my playoff top four would look like this if I were only picking the best teams:

1. Alabama

2. Georgia

3. Ohio State

4. Penn State

I'd have TCU at 5 and Oklahoma at 6 right now.

If I were only picking the most deserving teams it would look like this:

1. Alabama

2. Georgia

3. TCU

4. Penn State

To me this is always the most challenging question for the playoff committee, do you take the best or more deserving four teams? Sometimes that overlaps, but often it doesn't when you get to the bottom part of the playoff list.

We'll get to this analysis momentarily, but first, remember that the Starting 11 is brought to you by Krystal.
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1. The SEC and the Big Ten both have decent chances to get two teams each in the playoff now. 













2. Washington's loss to Arizona State was astoundingly surprising and also potentially crippling to the Pac 12's playoff chances if the Huskies lose again. 






3. The Big 12 is also in wobbly playoff shape. 















4. The ACC is now a bit of a mess when it comes to the playoff too. 











5. So how about Notre Dame?











6. Texas A&M got a massive road win over Florida.







7. Butch Jones will be fired next week after getting blown out by Alabama. 

8. SEC hot seat rankings after Tennessee, whose coach is already a dead man walking: Arkansas, Missouri, Auburn, Florida






























9. Nebraska has to fire Mike Riley too, right? And is Jim Mora on his last legs at UCLA?









10. Here's my Heisman top three:







11. SEC power rankings 1-14


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