Henry, No. 7 Alabama’s defense smother No. 4 LSU 30-16

Alabama might have been knocked down after an early loss to Ole Miss, but the Crimson Tide were not out.

3rd best scenario: MSU wins out, LSU loses to Ole Miss, Alabama beats Auburn.

The Tide were No. 4 in last week’s initial College Football Playoff committee rankings and could take over the No 2 spot that was held by LSU when the new rankings are announced Tuesday (7 p.m., ET, ESPN). Alabama separated itself from the pack.

Case Against: There are scenarios in which a one-loss Pac-12 champion would get left out of the playoff. “Michael Jordan had bad games, but he always came back from them”.

“I just told him to keep on playing hard and keep making plays for his team”, said Henry, who tracked down his LSU counterpart.

After celebrating a win against LSU, the Tide staff can celebrate the commitments of two players. No. 7 MI State previously had narrow wins over mediocre Rutgers and Purdue teams. The JT Barretless Buckeyes had to grind their way to a 28-14 win over Minnesota and Tommy Armstrong Jr. Despite the win, the Gators dropped out of the top 10. He has 195 carries for 1,383 yards and 16 touchdowns. Best be prepared for things to get complicated. It won’t help them that they struggled with Kansas State on Thursday night and the Bears will not move into the top four despite LSU’s loss. We would’ve liked to finish the season undefeated. The Hawkeyes rarely get the publicity that conference foes Ohio State, MI State and MI earn, yet 10 weeks into the season Iowa is in playoff contention.

LSU has often been two teams in recent years – the one before the Alabama game and the one after.

Finally, at 21-25, it’s Temple, Navy, Wisconsin, Northwestern, and Memphis.

So what does it all mean?

He looks like a good fit for a Seattle/New England style defense which uses a LEO LB/DE since you can trust him vs the run. They control their own destinies.

“Credit Alabama, they played very well”.

Maybe not, but Henry now has college football’s attention. We have a few guys that have ability that are young players that we can type into a role that they’ve been effective in, whether it’s Tim Williams or Rashaan Evans, Ryan Anderson. “We saw we could fight and make a way to win a game”. If they should take serious pause with any game outright lousy, how much pause should they take when that lousy game comes in the most important game against the most formidable opposition? Fournette certainly has the skill to jump back into the lead spot, but he’ll have to have a big game soon to erase this one from memory. 500 and are at the bottom of the West Division standings.

Dak Prescott, QB Miss State.

Noticeably absent this week is Missouri, losers of four straight. Leonard Fournette had a night to forget with just 31 yards on the ground.

Less than a week after the initial College Football Playoff Rankings were released, there was a huge shakeup at the top.

Murray was 13-of-23 passing for 105 yards and three interceptions. With six wins, Texas A&M is guaranteed to be going to a bowl. LSU was not the second best team in the country, not close. The Tigers have lost five straight to the Tide and LSU has not scored more than 17 points against Alabama since 2010. The Tar Heels almost doubled that 272, throwing for 537 yards. North Carolina 8-1 18.

The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. The Vandals entered halftime with a 24-7 lead but ended up losing to South Alabama 52-45.

“We felt a bit snubbed, but our body of work has and will put us where we need to be at the end of the day”, Oklahoma State linebacker Chad Whitener, who intercepted two passes and ran one back for a touchdown against TCU, said.

Georgia tailback Sony Michel gets past Kentucky defensive back Chris Westry for a long gain during the second half … That game will be broadcast on the SEC Network. “I’ll be running the ball and he’ll hit me and squeeze me”.