Alabama rises again in third week of CFP rankings
The College Football Playoff selection committee released their third batch of rankings on Tuesday night, ranking Alabama No. 7.
That ranking would make Kalen DeBoer‘s first Alabama team an at-large selection in the newly-expanded 12-team playoff, giving them the 9-seed if the playoff were to start today. As of the current bracket, Alabama would play on the road against 8-seed Notre Dame in the first round of the playoff.
The Crimson Tide has wins over three teams currently ranked in the top 25, being No. 10 Georgia, No. 18 South Carolina and No. 23 Missouri. One of Alabama’s losses is to No. 11 Tennessee, while the other is to unranked Vanderbilt.
As a refresher, the College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 teams this season, but it’s not as simple as taking the top 12 teams in the rankings. There are automatic bids reserved for the five highest-ranked conference champions, likely being the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and one Group of Five conference. The top four conference champions will be given the top four seeds in the playoff and first-round bye, with the remaining conference champion and the seven at-large bids being seeding accordingly thereafter.
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This is the third of six batches of rankings the selection committee will release between now and the end of the season. The committee will release new rankings every Tuesday night until conference championship week, with the final rankings being released on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. CT.
This week, Alabama has road trip to Oklahoma, which will air in the 6:30 p.m. time slot on ABC. The Crimson Tide has one final game remaining after playing the Sooners, a home game against in-state rival Auburn in the Iron Bowl.
Nov. 19 College Football Playoff Rankings
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Penn State
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- Miami
- Ole Miss
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Boise State
- SMU
- BYU
- Texas A&M
- Colorado
- Clemson
- South Carolina
- Army
- Tulane
- Arizona State
- Iowa State
- Missouri
- UNLV
- Illinois
