There's a lot of football to be played between now and when the final College Football Playoff Rankings are released in December, but games played in late August can decide a team's playoff fate the same way those in November do, and the first full week of college football did not come with a shortage of ptentially season-defining results.

We saw the No. 1 team in the country go down . That was followed by No. 8 Alabama falling on the road to an unranked Florida State squad coming off a 2-10 season. Then, to finish Saturday night, No. 4 Clemson fell at home to No. 9 Clemson .

And that's just the start. Whose playoff resume got a boost? Whose is already in peril? Let's break down all the key developments in the race for the CFP.

Ohio State gets a boost

Texas was not a cl

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