Can we have a 12-team College Football Playoff without Alabama? Would that be a violation of federal law? We may find out Tuesday night in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings release after the Crimson Tide took it on the chin at Oklahoma.

Up until this last weekend, I assumed that Notre Dame absolutely had to finish the season 11-1 to make the 12-team CFP field. With so many options there was no realistic way for a two-loss Irish team to make the field given how okay-not-amazing the schedule has been.

Notre Dame's playoff projections changed a bit this weekend thanks to the win over Army and chaos with other ranked opponents