What Alabama fans need to know

Alabama Crimson Tide fans will be watching this week’s updated College Football Playoff rankings with curiosity.

After suffering an ugly 24-3 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman over the weekend, it remains to be seen exactly how far the Crimson Tide (8-3 overall, 4-3 conference) will fall in Tuesday’s updated rankings . For comparison, Alabama fell to No. 13 in the U.S. LBM Coaches Poll released on Sunday.

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Kalen DeBoer’s team wasn’t the only SEC team in the rankings to fall in Week 13. Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels (8-3) also lost 24-17 to the Florida Gators (5-6) in Gainesville on Saturday.

Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2), despite trailing Alabama in the CFP, suffered from the surprise fever in a 43-41 loss to the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Still, the Aggies will play for the SEC crown in Atlanta when they beat the Texas Longhorns (10-1, 6-1) on Saturday in the Lone Star State rivals’ first meeting since 2011.

There has been a lot of chaos in the 2024 college football season, especially in the SEC, and there could be more chaos to come.

Here’s how to check out the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night.

Here’s how to see the College Football Playoff rankings

TV channel: ESPN

Watch the CFP Rankings Release Live on Fubo (Free Trial)

College Football Playoff Rankings Release Date:

Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024

When will the CFP rankings be released?

Start time: 7pm CT

Alabama Football CFP Rankings Prediction

With such a miserable performance against an Oklahoma team that was just 1-5 in conference play, coupled with an earlier loss to a Vanderbilt team that has now lost five, I expect Alabama to drop to 13th or 14th.

How many teams are participating in the 2024 College Football Playoff?

For the first time, 12 teams will participate in the College Football Playoff – five automatic bids for each of the Power Four Conference champions and one for the highest-seeded Group of Five champion. The remaining seven places are awarded to large teams.

Last week, Boise State (10-1) jumped to No. 12 in the rankings — two spots higher than the top-ranked Big 12 team (BYU). That left Ashton Jeanty and the Broncos as the projected No. 4 seed and the Big 12 champion at No. 12. Oregon (11-0) has been No. 1 in the CFP rankings since they were first released on Nov. 5.

How does the College Football Playoff format work?

The top four finishers will receive a bye when the CFP begins. The next four highest seeds will host playoff games on campus as follows:

• No. 5 vs. No. 12, winner plays No. 4
• No. 6 vs. No. 11, winner plays No. 3
• No. 7 vs. No. 10, winner plays No. 2
• No. 8 vs. No. 9, winner plays No. 1

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