Now that he's no longer coaching the team, Nick Saban is apparently done lobbying on Alabama's behalf. The retired head coach said Wednesday on The Pat

"Because (of) their win over Georgia," CFP selection chair Warde Manuel said. "They won against Missouri. They've beat South Carolina and they won at LSU in a dominant fashion. So when you put those four wins against, you know, Mississippi and what they did ... when we compare resumes, that's how we saw it."

Alabama football is among teams whose College Football Playoff hopes are on life support. Ole Miss is another. Both dropped games they were favored to win this past weekend, and both SEC teams picked up their third losses on the season.

Alabama football landed No. 13 in the fourth CFP bracket. Here's the College Football Playoff picture for the Crimson Tide.

Tuesday's penultimate in-season College Football Playoff rankings reveal did not feature much movement near the top, with the top four remaining Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State and Notre

The latest College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday night and there were some big changes throughout the rankings and potential playoff field. Including one big-name program that dropped out of the playoff field for the time being.