Alabama rises in second CFP rankings
The College Football Playoff selection committee released their second batch of rankings on Tuesday night, ranking Alabama No. 10, rising one spot from last week’s rankings.
That ranking would make Kalen DeBoer‘s first Alabama team an at-large selection in the newly-expanded 12-team playoff, giving them the 10-seed if the playoff were to start today. As of the current bracket, Alabama would have a road game against No. 5 (7-seed) Indiana in the first round of the playoff.
The Crimson Tide has four wins over teams currently ranked by the committee, being No. 12 Georgia, No. 21 South Carolina, No. 22 LSU, and No. 23 Missouri. Of the Crimson Tide’s losses, one is to No. 7 Tennessee and 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 second 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 a home game against Mercer, a tune-up for the final 2-game stretch against Oklahoma and Auburn.
Nov. 12 College Football Playoff Rankings
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Penn State
- Indiana
- BYU
- Tennessee
- Notre Dame
- Miami
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Georgia
- Boise State
- SMU
- Texas A&M
- Kansas State
- Colorado
- Washington State
- Louisville
- Clemson
- South Carolina
- LSU
- Missouri
- Army
- Tulane
