COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Following his team's 14-7 loss at Ohio State on Saturday, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian summed up one of the biggest changes in competing for a national title in the era of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

"The days of a national champion being undefeated are over," he said, "especially when you play in games like this and you play in the conference we play in."

Week 1's blockbuster matchups guaranteed at least one playoff contender was going down, but the Longhorns weren't alone. Alabama lost. Clemson lost. Boise State lost. Notre Dame lost. And though there's plenty of time to recover, the early results already shook up the playoff pecking order. Here's a prediction of what the selection committee's top 12 would look like if it were released today.

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