re: Updated Playoff Rankings - November 15

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you can pretend the florida state loss didnt happen, and a quality win over a mutual opponent somehow trumps an actual head to head beat down, but the committee will not.

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You can say that if you like, but the committee has LSU slotted perfectly to jump Tennessee, as of now.

The true indication will be what happens after Ohio State and Michigan play. One will lose, and drop. And basically become the Tennessee of the Big 10; a 1-loss team that can't win the conference.

If both Tennessee and LSU jump the loser, that will put Tennessee 4th and LSU 5th, pending LSU's game against UGA. Then we have Atlanta, Tennessee will be idle, and LSU will be in a matchup against #1. If LSU then wins, stands to reason they will get a bump up.
Ignoring record, going only by ranking, #5 doesn't beat #1 and win their conference, and then still stay at #5.

The question then becomes, do you take 11-1 Tennessee over 12-1 Georgia, simply because Georgia has the most recent loss? Or do you take Georgia, who won their division and played for the SEC title, and won the head-to-head matchup in addition?

In all likelyhood, Georgia wins in Atlanta and the committee can ignore this problem. They can kick it down the road and hope it doesn't occur again, until the playoffs expand. At that point, UGA and Tennessee are both in, and LSU is playing to get in too.