Sunday brought some good news for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The close loss to Georgia pushed the Crimson Tide up one spot in ESPN's FPI rankings. Alabama moved to No. 5, while Georgia held firm at No. 2. Notre Dame moved up two spots to gain the current No. 1 ranking.
As expected, Alabama's Playoff chances were not hurt by the close loss. The Crimson Tide has an 82.3% probability of making the Playoff field. Only four teams have higher Playoff chances, with Georgia at 95.7%, Miami at 94.7%, Notre Dame at 93.3%, and Indiana at 88.1%.
SEC teams continue to dominate ESPN's Football Power Index rankings. The conference has 15 teams ranked in the FPI's top 31 teams, including six teams in the top 15 of the FPI.
Alabama the FPI's No. 2 SEC team
- Georgia Bulldogs (6-0) - Ranked No. 5, with a 54.3% probability of winning the SEC
- Alabama Crimson Tide (5-1) - Ranked No. 5, with a 23.9% probability of winning the SEC
- Texas Longhorns (4-1) - After losing to Oklahoma, Texas dropped two spots in the FPI to No. 6. The Horns have a 75.4% probability of making the Playoff, but only a 13.5% chance of winning the SEC.
- LSU Bengal Tigers (4-2) - LSU's overtime loss to Kentucky was not punished by the FPI. LSU held steady at No. 8, but with only a 15.4% probability of making the Playoff.
- Tennessee Vols (5-1) - The Vols beat Arkansas and dropped three spots to No. 13.
- Ole Miss Rebels (4-1) - Ole Miss beat Vanderbilt 52-17 and moved up seven spots in the FPI to No. 15.
- Oklahoma Sooners (3-2) - The Sooners' last-play win over Texas pushed OU up five spots to No. 16.
- Missouri Tigers (5-1) - The Tigers denied Texas A&M any touchdowns and won 27-6. The win moved Missouri up one spot to No. 17.
- Texas A&M Aggies (3-3) - The loss to Missouri dropped the Aggies out of Playoff contention. Texas A&M dropped seven spots to No. 21.
- Florida Gators (4-2) - The Gators' 38-19 loss to South Carolina gave Florida the SEC's largest downward move in the FPI: 10 spots to No. 25.
- Mississippi State (4-1) - The Bulldogs had a bye week. Their FPI ranking was unchanged at No. 27.
- South Carolina (3-3) - The win over Florida pushed Shane Beamer's team up 10 spots to No. 28.
- Kentucky Wildcats (5-1) - Kentucky's upset of LSU moved the Wildcats up four spots to No. 30
- Idle Auburn dropped seven spots to No. 31; Arkansas moved up four spots to No. 61; Vanderbilt dropped nine spots to No. 62.
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