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Projecting the final College Football Playoff rankings: Is Alabama in or out?

December 7, 2025

Story byNicole AuerbachSun, December 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM UTC·4 min readThe members of the College Football Playoff selection committee are not paid for their services. But they'll earn their keep this weekend, as they will actually be forced to make some difficult decisions. BYU lost to Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game, which means that at least two of the following teams should make the 12-team CFP: Alabama, Notre Dame and/or Miami. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNow, only one of those three teams played this weekend, and that one team (Alabama) got blown out. The Crimson Tide essentially no-showed against No.

Projecting the final College Football Playoff rankings: Is Alabama in or out?

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3 Georgia in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, losing 28-7 and delivering Alabama its second loss in its past four games.
The CFP selection committee has — in the past — penalized teams that slumped into Selection Sunday while propping up teams trending upward, so that is one factor to keep in mind. It's really not clear what the selection committee is going to do this year.
Last year, teams that were already "in" the bracket as of the committee's pre-championship weekend rankings did not fall out of the field after participating in (and losing) conference championship games.
SMU entered the weekend ranked No.
8 and fell two spots to No.

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