Alabama's Playoff Dilemma: A Scenario That Was Bound to Happen

📆 12/7/2024 11:38 AM

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The team coming to South Bend for the College Football Playoff will certainly be flawed but that was to be expected.

The new expanded College Football Playoff world has been a whole lot of fun so far. More teams, more excitement, more opportunities, more ways for teams to play their way in.

Without getting too deep into it, SMU probably won’t be in the CFP if it loses, meaning Alabama will likely be the 11, and that means it’ll likely travel to South Bend to face the Irish.Bama checked in No. 11 in the latest rankings, one spot ahead of Miami. With both the Tide and Hurricanes off this weekend, it would seem that Miami has no chance of pushing through.

You can spend time and energy arguing the resumes of Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Miami all day if you want. The fact of the matter is, whoever you want to claim is the most deserving of that bunch - you can find numbers that back up your case and simply present those. Ole Miss has a great win over Georgia but a mind-numbing loss against Kentucky, who only won one SEC game all season. The Rebels have also lost at LSU which only looked worse as the leaves fell this fall.

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