Alabama football has made the College Football Playoff in year two as the No. 9 seed under Kalen DeBoer.
The Crimson Tide is 10-3 after losing to No. 3 Georgia in the SEC Championship. Alabama is in the playoff in large part due to the Crimson Tide’s strong resume. The Tide has wins over two teams in the College Football Playoff rankings, with wins over the Bulldogs and Vanderbilt.
Alabama also lost to two teams who are in the playoff in No. 3 Georgia and No. 8 Oklahoma. The Tide was also defeated by a 5-7 Florida State team to open the season.