As recently as a week ago, the SEC was arguing it deserved five teams in this year’s College Football Playoff. There have already been proposals where the league (along with the Big Ten) would get four automatic bids in future years.

The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings.

Notre Dame is rising, Indiana is holding steady and the SEC's hopes of having more than three College Football Playoff teams are cratering.