There was some significant movement in the new rankings released after the Week 13 games. While the top four teams in last week's rankings —Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, and Penn State—all took care of business, other teams projected to be in the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket suffered losses.

From the live look-ins at committee members around a table each week to televised statements from the various chairmen, it seems clear that the College Football Playoff selection committees of the past 11 seasons have operated in a meeting room that has always lacked both an open bar and a contracted certified bourbon steward.