Alabama falls after blowout loss at Oklahoma

On By Littum

The ESPN FPI rankings have been updated after an absolutely chaotic Week 13 in college football. Several top teams, including 3 Playoff contenders in the SEC, lost.

Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M all suffered defeats, while No. 5 Indiana was also blown out on the road in the No. 2 Ohio State.

ESPN’s Football Power Index had Alabama at no. 2 into week 13, but now Tide has fallen to no. 4 with Saturday’s disappointing 24-3 loss at Oklahoma.

Here’s how the ESPN FPI top 25 rankings look as we prepare for Rivalry Week:

  1. Texas
  2. Ohio State
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Alabama
  5. Georgia
  6. Miss Ole
  7. Oregon
  8. Tennessee
  9. Penn State
  10. Miami
  11. Indiana
  12. SMU
  13. Louisville
  14. Clemson
  15. Texas A&M
  16. South Carolina
  17. Tulane
  18. USC
  19. LSU
  20. Iowa
  21. Mizzou
  22. Kansas State
  23. Oklahoma
  24. Colorado
  25. Florida

That’s a total of 11 SEC teams in the top 25, which is an impressive showing for the conference. The only SEC teams not to make the cut were Auburn (No. 29), Arkansas (No. 32), Vanderbilt (No. 38), Kentucky (No. 42) and Mississippi State (No. 70).

Will we see more mayhem during Rivalry Week? Will either Texas or Texas A&M punch its ticket to Atlanta to face Georgia in the SEC Championship Game?

We’ll find out what happens and how it affects the FPI rankings this time next week!