CFP National Championship

The Crimson Tide is practicing for the New Year’s Eve ReliaQuest Bowl before heading home for Christmas. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer will be facing Michigan with fewer star players.

Alabama is out of the first ever twelve team playoffs. The Tide will play Michigan at Raymond James Stadium for the ReliaQuest Bowl. The Tampa venue is where the Tide suffered a painful loss to Clemson in 2017. It was also the Tiger's weekend performance that helped seal Alabama's fate in this year's postseason.

The Crimson Tide will sit and watch as Texas and Georgia play for the SEC Championship. And, and the Longhorns and Bulldogs got more key players from early signing day. But, Kalen DeBoer got, arguably, the biggest name in the running.

Miami's playoff hopes took a nosedive while Alabama's got a boost in the last rankings before the College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend. The Hurricanes moved down six spots to number twelve, after suffering their second loss of the season. They are one spot behind the Crimson Tide

A last-minute interception by Alabama defensive back Zabien Brown put the final nail in the coffin for Auburn in the annual Iron Bowl game against the Crimson Tide. Now, Alabama fans may spend the next couple of days on pins and needles to see if weekend losses by Ohio State and Miami will make a difference for the Tide’s remote hopes for a playoff slot.

Fans of the Crimson Tide may have every reason to dread Tuesday, and the release of the weekly CFP College Football Playoff rankings following Alabama's away game at Oklahoma.

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.