The College Football Playoff Committee chairman Hunter Yurachek explained why Alabama moved up one spot in the College Football Playoff rankings and jumped Notre Dame.
The Crimson Tide is now ranked No. 9 ahead of facing Georgia in the SEC Championship. Yurachek and the committee feel Alabama deserves to be here after beating Auburn.
“Alabama and Notre Dame over the past three weeks has been one of the strongest debates we’ve had in the room for the past two years that I’ve been a member of the committee,” Yurachek said. “And I think this week as we looked at those two teams and how closely they have been over the past three weeks, Notre Dame went on the road, had a strong win at Stanford, but Alabama went on the road in a rivalry game, looked really good, especially in the first half, getting up 17 to nothing, ran the ball well.