Alabama moves up in latest College Football Playoff rankings

Just four weeks of games remain before the College Football Playoff selection committee will unveil the 12-team.

Alabama is still in the field following a dominant win in Baton Rouge to improve to 7-2 on the season. The Crimson Tide is the highest-ranked two-loss team in the country and one of four currently in the bracket.

This is the highest Alabama has been in the CFP rankings since Kalen DeBoer took over in Tuscaloosa. And the team’s strength of schedule, which ranks first in the country, is a big reason why.

Alabama’s resume currently includes:

3 Top 25 wins
2 losses to top 10 teams

There are no more ranked teams left on Alabama’s schedule outside of a potential SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide would need to win out plus get help from other teams to secure their spot.

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College Football Playoff Rankings

While the committee doesn’t officially provide a projected playoff bracket, you can build the field based on each week’s rankings.

Alabama’s move to No. 4 means the Crimson Tide would not get a home playoff game but the team would receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

The current 12-team field would include:

Georgia
Utah
Alabama
UCLA
Notre Dame
Texas
Miami
Tennessee
Indiana
BYU
Kentucky
Boise State

Five SEC teams would make the playoff if the season ended today. A total of nine SEC teams were ranked in the top 25 with the rest of the list including:

No. 17 South Carolina
No. 19 Ole Miss
No. 21 LSU
No. 22 Missouri

The Crimson Tide remains just one of two teams to be ranked in every CFP Top 25 since it debuted in 2014. The other team is Ohio State which is currently ranked No. 20.

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