CFP National Championship

Alabama apparently didn’t make much of an impression on the CFP playoff committee following its pasting of LSU last weekend. The panel that picks teams for the first ever playoffs only ticked the Tide up by one slot to number ten. Alabama’s next opportunity to make an impression is tomorrow when Mercer comes to Bryant-Denny Stadium

Alabama’s chances to make the first ever twelve team playoffs may have received a shot in the arm. The Crimson Tide are now ranked number nine in the AP Top twenty five after thrashing LSU in Death Valley forty two to thirteen.

Good news for Alabama and bad news for Georgia and Miami prompted a reshuffling of the AP Top 25. Georgia lost to Ole Miss, prompting the Bulldogs to drop to Alabama’s previous spot at eleven. This is the first time Georgia has been out of the top ten since late in the 2020 season.

Alabama heads to Baton Rouge for what may be an elimination game against LSU. Neither the Tigers nor the Crimson Tide feels it can lose Saturday’s match up and stay in contention for the playoffs.

Nick Saban accomplished the unimaginable in actually raising the bar for Alabama football, where Paul "Bear" Bryant had long been the measuring stick. Alabama Public Radio reported nationally on NPR on possible replacements for the all time most national championship winning coach.

Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner says he’s declaring for the NFL and he may not alone. Observers of the Crimson Tide have a list of players likely to want to go pro following Alabama’s loss in the Rose Bowl.

Alabama is covering every angle when it comes to preparing for Monday's College Football Playoff semifinal game against Michigan at the Rose Bowl. That includes making sure their equipment and films do not get hacked in the wake of the Wolverines' sign-stealing allegations from earlier this season.

The question seemed like a valid one moments after unbeaten ACC champion Florida State was left out of the College Football Playoff. Could the fourth-ranked Seminoles, with a victory against defending national champion and No. 6 Georgia in the Orange Bowl, be voted No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll?

It’s not unusual for a newspaper to cover the Alabama Crimson Tide. For one of those papers to have also written about Mozart, might be.

The University of Georgia is the twelfth back-to-back national champion in the history of the AP rankings. The number one Bulldogs routed the TCU Horned Frogs, who came in at number two. Michigan was number three, followed by Ohio State and Alabama.