When is the 12-team College Football When the playoff field is revealed Sunday, Alabama will most likely be included. It was almost an automatic inclusion when the selection panel moved the Crimson Tide to the No. 1 spot. The latest ranking of the Associated Press has Notre Dame at No. 9, despite the fact that the Irish had a more convincing win in the rivalry to end the regular-season. In the SEC Championship Game, Georgia was ranked No. 3. Alabama’s team rushed only minus-3 yard and they didn’t reach 100 total yards before the third quarter. The Tide won the regular-season game against Georgia, but they have scored only seven points in the last six quarters.
It would make them the first team in history to lose three games and have two losses of double digits. Alabama would be ranked above several other deserving teams with only two losses. This includes No. BYU (which went 11-1 and lost the Big 12 Championship Game Saturday) and No. Twelve Miami.While Notre Dame, Miami, and BYU — before the start of the postseason — have been playing their best football since committee started releasing the weekly rankings, Alabama’s trend is the opposite. The Tide is 2-2 since November 1, scoring 17 points on average per game, and exceeding 21 points just once. They’re also 0-2 since October 4, and rarely look convincing in victories. A narrow win by seven points against an Auburn team with just one SEC win and an 11-point win against a rudderless LSU side hardly moves the needle.
Alabama is also the team that has suffered the biggest loss among all bubble teams. Florida State beat three Power Four teams this season, including the Tide. Alabama’s only saving grace was that the defeat by 14 points came in the season opener. Had it occurred in late November, Alabama would have been out of the picture. The offensive collapse is to blame. Kaleb DeBoer and his team are unable to run the ball effectively without Jam Miller. Even with him, they still struggle.
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