Alabama Crimson Tide news and notes.
Alabama football is in the College Football Playoff
Alabama didn't do itself any favors in Saturday's SEC Championship Game, suffering a disheartening 28-7 defeat against Georgia that threatened to potentially knock it out of the College Football Playoff.
As it turned out, the loss was completely inconsequential. Alabama came into the weekend ranked No. 9, and even after a three-touchdown loss, it remained No. 9 in the College Football Playoff committee's final rankings.
That means Alabama will open the playoff on the road against No. 8 Oklahoma in Norman on Friday, December 19th, in a rematch of the mid-November matchup in Tuscaloosa that the Crimson Tide lost by two.