CFP reaction: Alabama feels the love, Indiana gets the shaft and Big 12 gets relief as committee confuses us

What was going to happen to teams like Ole Miss and Kentucky, who both suffered bad losses this past weekend against Georgia and Tennessee respectively?This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.COLLEGE FOOTBALL SELLS ANOTHER PIECE OF ITS SOUL WITH CFP OFFICIALLY EXPANDING TO 24 TEAMSNow, with former No.1 ranked Miami taking its first loss of the season and dropping to No.

7 in the latest poll, Georgia was the obvious choice to take over the top spot this week, though Utah could have made a strong case as well after beating a Top-10 BYU team at home.But, as the regular season comes to an end over the next three weeks, there are plenty of valid concerns coming from conferences like the Big Ten and Big 12.LSU head coach Lane Kiffin reacts during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday, Oct.17, 2026.

(AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)And then we have the SEC, which currently has five teams ranked within the top-12, led by No.1 Georgia, No.

3 Alabama, No.6 Texas, No.

8 Tennessee and No.11 Kentucky.If the Wildcats were to catch another loss this season, the arguments are going to be made about the margin of defeat, and that's one kerfuffle.

I don't know if Kentucky could win against other conference teams.As for the Tennessee versus Alabama argument, I think we can put a pin in that one for now.The CFP committee is not going to rank the Vols ahead of the Tide, based off the number of quality wins Alabama has compared to Tennessee.And yes, the Vols defeated Alabama by sixteen points last month."Alabama was in that first pool, Tennessee was not in that first pool ...

If you look at their schedule compared to Alabama's schedule, the committee feels like Alabama has a stronger schedule," CFP's Hunter Yurachek noted.What happens with a team li...