Boise State received the fourth and final bye in this week's College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and the Big 12 on the list of power conferences with a gripe.

BYU plummeted eight spots to No. 14 in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings, the selection committee announced Tuesday, to earn a No. 12 seed in the latest mock proposal.

BYU has defeated a ranked opponent already in No. 13 SMU and that win is doing a lot for the Cougars in ESPN’s Strength of Record metric, as is the win over now resurgent Baylor (6-4) and Kansas State (7-3).

There was one big shake-up in the Week 13 rankings and bracket projection after BYU lost its first game of the season, paving the way for the Group of Five favorite Boise State to

Nicole Auerbach sifts through the mess in the SEC and projects the fallout from monster matchups down the stretch.

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