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Where Alabama is ranked in penultimate College Football Playoff rankings

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The College Football Playoff selection committee revealed their second to last batch of rankings on Tuesday night, where Alabama rose one spot to No. 9.

The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 SEC) closed the regular season with a 27-20 road win at Auburn in the Iron Bowl, securing a spot in the SEC Championship Game this weekend against No. 3 Georgia.

Alabama still holds a number of wins against quality competition on its resume, including its win over Georgia from the teams’ first meeting, as well as No. 14 Vanderbilt. Alabama’s losses came at the hands of No. 8 Oklahoma and unranked Florida State.

The winner of the SEC title game between the Tide and the Bulldogs will receive an automatic bid to the CFP. The question that has been frequently asked is what happens to Alabama if it loses the title game, whether or not it would fall out of the field after entering this week right on the cut line.

This is the second year of the 12-team playoff, and the automatic qualifier rules have remained the same. The five highest ranked conference champions are guaranteed a spot in the field at season’s end, including the Power Four conferences and the highest ranked champion from a Group of Five conference.

The biggest change to the format this season is that first round byes are not exclusive to conference champions. As opposed to the top four conference champions receiving a first round bye, now the top four seeds as ranked by the committee will be the ones that receive a bye to the quarterfinal round.

The committee’s final rankings will be released during the CFP selection show on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. CT.

Dec. 2 CFP Rankings

  1. Ohio State
  2. Indiana
  3. Georgia
  4. Texas Tech
  5. Oregon
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Texas A&M
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Alabama
  10. Notre Dame
  11. BYU
  12. Miami
  13. Texas
  14. Vanderbilt
  15. Utah
  16. USC
  17. Virginia
  18. Arizona
  19. Michigan
  20. Tulane
  21. Houston
  22. Georgia Tech
  23. Iowa
  24. North Texas
  25. James Madison

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