Alabama was the surprise of the show during the committee’s first College Football Playoff rankings of the season last week.
The Crimson Tide was ranked No. 5 in the nation, four spots higher than in its AP Poll ranking and eight spots higher than a Tennessee team it had lost to just weeks prior.
After Saturday’s win against then-No. 14 LSU, fans were excited to see where head coach Kalen DeBoer’s team could land this week ahead of Alabama’s matchup with Vanderbilt.
Where Alabama is ranked
With No. 1-ranked Miami’s 31-24 road loss to No. 11 Notre Dame, the progressive decline of No. 4 Indiana’s resume, and the Crimson Tide’s strong 31-13 win in the Bayou, Alabama finds itself up two spots to No. 3 in the second College Football Playoff rankings.
The main outcry about this week’s ranking is that the Crimson Tide remains five spots higher than a Tennessee team it lost to in Knoxville last month — committee chair Hunter Yurachek answered the fans’ questions after the rankings dropped:
“Alabama was in that first pool; Tennessee was not in that first pool,” Yurachek said. “Their schedule compared to Alabama’s schedule the committee feels like, and so do the metrics, that Alabama’s got a stronger schedule and that’s why Alabama was in that first pool of teams and Tennessee was not.”
It’s the highest Alabama has been ranked since Week 12 of last season, when it held an 8-1 record and the No. 4 spot in the committee’s rankings.
No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Texas, No. 8 Tennessee, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 17 South Carolina, No. 19 Ole Miss, No. 21 LSU and No. 22 Missouri join the Crimson Tide as ranked SEC teams.
The current field
The rest of the current bracket consists of four SEC teams in addition to Alabama, two teams from the Big 12 and Big Ten, and one from both the ACC and Mountain West. Per usual, Notre Dame completes the field as the only Independent program.
Group of Six representative and 12-seed Boise State, ranked No. 24 overall, would travel to South Bend and face No. 5 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish would currently be favored by 23.5 points, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. No. 4 UCLA awaits the winner between the Broncos and Irish.
No. 9 Indiana would play No. 8 Tennessee in Knoxville with the line set as a toss-up. The victor would then face No. 1 Georgia.
Alabama would face the winner of 11-seeded Kentucky and six-seeded Texas. The Longhorns would be a 12.5-point favorite against the Wildcats.
The final on-campus first-round matchup would take place in Coral Gables, Florida, between No. 7 Miami and No. 10 BYU. Like the Longhorns, the Hurricanes would also be a 12.5-point favorite, with the winner facing No. 3 Utah.
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Alabama looks to keep its late-season momentum Saturday in Nashville against Vanderbilt. Kickoff is set for 11:45 a.m. CT on SEC Network.
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