College Football Playoff Rankings 2014: Twitter Reacts to Week 13 Top 25 Reveal

For the first time since the College Football Playoff rankings were introduced this year, the Mississippi State Bulldogs are not the top-ranked team in the country.   

The Alabama Crimson Tide, lurking on the edge of the postseason picture until Tuesday's reveal, made their way to the top of the rankings and bumped the Bulldogs to No. 4 thanks to a 25-20 victory on Saturday in Tuscaloosa.

Here is an overview of the rest of the Top 25 standings:

Committee chairman Jeff Long justified boosting Alabama so far in the hierarchy, per ESPN CollegeFootball:

The only team in the championship picture to avoid a loss thus far are the Florida State Seminoles. Although they haven't gotten a lot of style points in grinding to a perfect 10-0 record, there's no denying the reigning national champions have what it takes to repeat at this point.  

A tough ACC test nearly derailed the Seminoles, yet quarterback Jameis Winston and Co. made enough plays to win a tight one, 30-26. Controversy is sure to swirl since Florida State is below two one-loss teams, though, especially since Oregon was idle last week.

Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde had no issue with the committee's first four this week:

Bleacher Report's Barrett Sallee noted how Louisville's presence among the nation's top teams aids FSU's cause, as the Seminoles mounted a comeback win on the road against the Cardinals earlier in the year:

Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports made a keen observation about Florida State's circumstances:

ESPN's Robert Smith hinted at some SEC bias in the rankings from the 12-person selection committee in light of Auburn's modest drop following a 34-7 blowout loss to Georgia:

Cleveland.com's Chris Fedor believes Mississippi State and Alabama are indeed deserving of top-four spots given their brutal conference schedules:

There is merit to that notion, in light of the top quality wins the undefeated Seminoles have had to date, per Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman:

Scott Van Pelt of ESPN feels that the Ohio State Buckeyes are playing as well as any team in the nation at the moment, via ESPN College Football:

A meager out-of-conference schedule continues to plague Baylor in the committee's eyes, and ESPN's Joe Schad weighed in on that subplot:

As for what lies ahead, it will be interesting to see whether Ohio State can run the table, win the Big Ten championship and insert itself into the top-four discussion. That conference doesn't have the same reputation as the SEC, yet the Buckeyes are still playing excellent football, with a formidable front seven on defense and a prolific QB in J.T. Barrett.

The TCU Horned Frogs will also seek to do whatever they can to climb back into the top four. It appears the SEC may very well have two participants in the College Football Playoff, which could leave both TCU and Ohio State as the odd teams out.

But considering there are so few one-loss teams remaining, never mind undefeated, there is still enough football to be played for the postseason hierarchy to undergo a significant shift.