Auburn linebacker Kris Frost earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week as the Tigers beat Ole Miss and moved up to No. 3

There were 18 one-loss teams before this weekend, now there are 13. That’s five teams that have taken a big hit in the race to get one of the four slots in the College Football Playoffs.

1 – Mississippi State (8-0, 5-0 SEC)
2 – Florida State (8-0, 5-0 ACC)
3 – Auburn (7-1, 4-1 SEC)
4 – Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC)
5 – Oregon (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12)
6 – Michigan State (7-1, 4-0 Big 10)
7 – Notre Dame (7-1)
8 – TCU (7-1, 4-1 Big 12)
9 – Baylor (7-1, 4-1 Big 12)
10 – Ohio State (7-1, 4-0 Big 10)
11 – Kansas State (7-1, 5-0 Big 12)
12 – Arizona State (7-1, 5-1 Pac-12)
13 – Nebraska (8-1, 4-1 Big 10)
14 – Ole Miss (7-2, 4-2 SEC)
15 – Oklahoma (6-2, 3-2 Big 12)
16 – Georgia (6-2, 4-2 SEC)
17 – LSU (7-2, 3-2 SEC)
18 – UCLA (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12)
19 – Arizona (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12)
20 – Clemson (6-2, 5-1 ACC)
5 to Watch – Duke (7-1, 3-1 ACC), Marshall (8-0, 4-0 Conf. USA), Utah (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12), Missouri (7-2, 4-1 SEC), Colorado State (8-1, 4-1 MWC)
Dropped Out -East Carolina (6-2, 3-1 American), Louisville (6-3, 4-3 ACC), West Virginia (6-3, 4-2 Big 12)

Email Rock Hoffman at Rock@footballstories.com