Alabama, College Football Playoff and Crimson Tide
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N o. 9 Alabama is in the College Football Playoff field. The Crimson Tide remained at No. 9 despite losing the SEC Championship 28-7 to No. 3 Georgia in Atlanta. The program was chosen with an at-large bid and will hit the road to take on No. 8 Oklahoma in a rematch of a 23-21 regular season loss in Tuscaloosa.
No. 3 Georgia solidified its position for a first-round CFP bye, pounding No. 9 Alabama 28-7 in the SEC championship game Saturday.
Alabama goes in at No. 9. Same as they were ranked before the game. In ranking Georgia and Alabama this way, the committee declared the SEC championship game a glorified exhibition. The late commissioner Roy Kramer’s revolutionary brainchild of a conference championship game has never been more meaningless than it became this weekend.
Alabama may have played itself out of the College Football Playoff. With a dismal performance that raises serious doubts about their postseason worthiness, the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide were dominated by No.