The top three remained unsurprisingly the same with Mississippi State, Florida State and Auburn leading the second rankings of the College Football Playoff Committee.
Oregon moved into the No. 4 spot.
And the intrigue aside, the announcement tells us very little and means next to nothing, considering the drama on tap for this weekend and the rest of this month.
Here's a scanning of the Top 10 with a statement about each:
1. Mississippi State: Unbeaten in the best division of the best conference in the country, the Bulldogs obviously are in the driver's seat, and even have the luxury of a mulligan as long as it's not against Alabama.
2. FSU: Easily the best odds to get to the dance, since the unbeaten defending national champs likely will be at least a touchdown favorite in its final four (or five if it reaches the ACC championship) games. Crab legs for everyone.
3. Auburn: The best resume of the one-loss teams, the Tigers do not control their own destiny in the SEC, but it's very hard to image that if Auburn wins out the committee would not reward an 11-1 bunch against that schedule, even if they did not win the West or the SEC.
4. Oregon: The toughest test left for the Ducks in the regular season is Saturday's trip to Utah. Yes, the Pac-12 title game could be a chance to impress, but the Ducks' biggest challenge may be creeping in the rearview mirror. In addition to winning, Oregon would like to see Michigan State win out in convincing fashion, too.
5. Alabama: The Tide controls their destiny: Win out and punch a playoff ticket. Period.
6. TCU: The biggest enigma in the top 10 considering the Frogs have looked the part but are in a pickle that their best wins could get watered-down during this race to the finish, and there's a real chance they could finish tied with Baylor, which has the tie-breaker in the Big 12 chase. TCU's playoff chances may actually be hindered by the Big 12's lack of a conference title game.
7. Kansas State: This is the first of the top-10 one-loss teams that really needs some help. Even if Kansas State wins out, the Wildcats need someone to give Auburn a second loss since the Tigers won in Manhatten in September.
8. Michigan State: Another September victim to a team it's chasing, MSU has Ohio State this weekend and needs an impressive win over the only other ranked Big Ten team. Still, that double-digit loss at Oregon means MSU needs Auburn and Oregon to fall to have a chance.
9. Arizona State: Not sure how the Devils got here, but it won't last.
10. Notre Dame: It may be a bit of a blessing for the Irish that the Sun Devils moved in front of them since the two teams play each other this weekend and that gives the Irish a chance at a high-profile win. That said, the Irish, who will be favored in each of their games down the stretch and have a very interesting loss at unbeaten FSU, will be a fly in the ointment before this is all said and done.
And speaking of Notre Dame, Irish coach Brian Kelly has already fired the first politicking salvo about scheduling by mocking the out-of-conference choices of some schools. Maybe he was talking about the schools in Mississippi. Maybe we was talking about Baylor.
Either way, it's unknown. What is known, is that Kelly's lament certainly won't be the last.