How far will the Crimson Tide slide after losing in Norman?
The College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams for the first time this season, and the CFP committee revealed its fourth rankings of the 2024 season on Tuesday night. Alabama was as high as No. 7 entering last week's game with the Sooners but suffered a decimating loss and has fallen to No. 13 in the poll.after its 24-3 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners and the College Football Playoff committee agreed ranking them 13th in the only poll that matters.
While this is the first year of the expanded playoff, the CFP has existed since 2014 with Alabama leading all teams with eight appearances and three national titles in the four-team format. The Crimson Tide missed the playoffs in 2019 and 2022. Alabama has appeared in every iteration of the CFP rankings since the initial poll in 2014.
In the 12-team format, there are five automatic qualifying spots given to the four Power Four conference champions and the highest-rated non-Power Four conference champion with seven at-large bids. No matter where the team is ranked, the top four conference champions will get first-round byes and be given the top four seeds in the playoff bracket.My name is Joe Gaither, I am a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., and a 2018 graduate of the University of Alabama.
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