Following their 52-37 victory over Arkansas, Texas sits at No. 16 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings—just outside the 12-team cutoff. The path to the playoff has narrowed considerably, but it hasn't disappeared entirely.

There was plenty of excitement from around the country during Week 13 of the college football season, but not much of it came from the top teams vying for spots in the College Football Playoff. The top 14 teams in last week’s rankings either won or were idle.

A sleepy week filled with nonconference blowouts locked the College Football Playoff rankings into a near standstill, with Ohio State ranked first again and Oregon's flip-flop with Ole Miss at Nos. Pitt's return to the rankings — at No.

The College Football Playoff rankings continue to hammer home just how imperfect this year's selection committee is. Head to head doesn't seem to matter. Schedule strength metrics only seem to mean anything if you played a team within the last few weeks thanks to ridiculous recency bias.

The Oregon Ducks passed their final major test to all but confirm their position in the College Football Playoff.

Utah’s close call against Kansas State could undermine the Utes in the next College Football Playoff rankings.