It seems like a long time ago that people were talking about the College Football Playoff having three SEC teams plus Florida State. Ole Miss has lost twice, Auburn lost this week, and Alabama has worked itself back into the conversation, albeit by the width of a hair on an elephant’s chin at LSU.

In Week 12, a Mississippi State win at the Crimson Tide can move the Bulldogs one step closer to the four team playoff and leave the Tide on the outside. Of course, if Alabama wins, they might shoot straight to No. 1. They aren’t there this week, though, and here’s my poll for college football’s eleventh week.

1          Mississippi State (9-0)

2          Florida State (9-0)

3          Oregon (9-1)

4          TCU (8-1)

5          Alabama (8-1)

6          Baylor (8-1)

7          Arizona State (8-1)

8          Ohio State (8-1)

9          Auburn (7-2)

10        Ole Miss (8-2)

11        Nebraska (8-1)

12        Michigan State (7-2)

13        UCLA (8-2)

14        Georgia (7-2)

15        Notre Dame (7-2)

16        Kansas State (7-2)

17        Marshall (9-0)

18        Wisconsin (7-2)

19        Clemson (7-2)

20        Duke (8-1)

21        Arizona (7-2)

22        LSU (7-3)

23        Georgia Tech (8-2)

24        Oklahoma (6-3)

25        Colorado State (9-1)

Others: Utah (6-3), Texas A&M (7-3), Minnesota (7-2), Louisville (7-3), ECU (6-2)