A week ago, six of the top 16 teams in the College Football Playoff rankings lost, shuffling conference title races and adding more teams to the bubble for the at-large bids. Week 14 is Rivalry Week and has spots in every major conference title game up for grabs.

The latter half of the projected College Football Playoff bracket experienced a major shakeup after the chaos of Week 13. Three teams featured in the previous bracket cycled out of the field after getting upset to bring in a new round of contenders.

The College Football Playoff will soon release its fourth top 25 rankings of the season. Here’s what you need to know and how to watch.

The fourth College Football Playoff Rankings of the 2024 season have been released, which features a shakeup in the bottom of the top ten.

Ole Miss football has played its last regular season game. Now Lane Kiffin's Rebels have to wait to see if they will make the College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff has used a selection committee since its first season in 2014, and that hasn’t changed. A 13-member committee, which has announced its rankings weekly since November, will set the bracket when it unveils the final 12-team rankings on Dec. 8.

Thanksgiving football brought some early clarity to the playoff race entering the final week of the regular season, and proved a damning moment for would-be Group of Five hopeful Tulane. All the Green Wave had to do was take out AAC challenger Memphis and put on a good show in the conference championship game to get the College Football Playoff selection committee’s attention.