The massive stakes for the national college football scene that we've come to expect with the Iron Bowl are mostly gone this year. After losing to Oklahoma last week, No. 13 Alabama (8-3, 4-3 SEC) will miss the College Football Playoff unless chaos unfolds around the sport this weekend.

Alabama football's return home to Bryant-Denny Stadium for the Iron Bowl proved to be a return to the win column for the Crimson Tide.

On what was a day of utter chaos in the world of college football, the Auburn Tigers were a bastion of tame compliance.