No. 5 Alabama lost to No. 16 Auburn 48-45 in the Iron Bowl on NFL Chicago Bears Jersey Saturday, which clinched a virtual certainty for the first time in the College Football Playoff era:Nick Saban-led Alabama will not be one of the four final teams in the Playoff. Its a lo s that shakes up the entire Playoff picture heading into conference championship weekend. Here are the biggest impacts on the SEC and Playoff picture:MORE: Pac-12, Big 12 rejoiceAlabamas lo s eliminates the Tide from the Playoff, based on the standard that no two-lo s team has made the Playoff.That opens the door for Utah in the Pac-12 and, potentially, the winner of the Big 12 championship between Oklahoma and Baylor. Now those teams won't have to become entangled in a philosophical argument with the Crimson Tide. It also will create an interesting argument between those three one-lo s teams. Would you take the winner of Oklahoma-Baylor or Utah Leonard Floyd Jersey for that final spot if LSU beats Georgia?SEC can still get two teamsIts just the two teams everyone envisioned. Georgia, despite a lo s to South Carolina on Oct. 12, still controls its Playoff destiny. The Bulldogs can get in with a victory against LSU, and the Tigers likely would stay in the top four unle s it is a total catastrophe in Atlanta.Those two teams have enough quality victories piled up to Anthony Miller Jersey stave off the Pac-12 and Big 12 champion if you're Baylor, Oklahoma or Utah, you are rooting hard for LSU so the SEC becomes only a one-Playoff team league.Four-team Playoff lives (for now)The Playoff committee will not hot have to deal with the Alabama debate. That won't completely stop the eight-team playoff push Riley Ridley Jersey , especially knowing at least one Power 5 conference champion perhaps two could be left out. The Oklahoma-Utah argument is more palatable knowing a one-lo s Power 5 champion could get in while the other doesn't. That wouldn't be the case if a one-lo s non-champion got in over both.Bama faces big questionsThe Crimson Tide likely will still make a New Years Day 6 Bowl, but this will be the first time Saban coaches a team in the Playoff era in what could be considered a consolation game. LSU and Auburn shredded Alabamas defense, which could mean some shifting on the defensive staff. The truth is the Allen Robinson Jersey Crimson Tide did not have a championship-caliber unit on that side of the ball.Tua Tagovailoa could also opt for the 2020 NFL Draft, and that creates an interesting quarterback controversy for next season (do you go with Mac Jones, four-star freshmen Taulia Tagovailoa and Paul Tyson or incoming five-star recruit Bryce Young?) Nick Saban will once again need to ask some tough questions in the offseason.