College Football Playoff Rankings: Alabama Fans React To No. 6 Ranking
The initial college football playoff rankings were released on Tuesday and Alabama did not crack the top four and fans of the Crimson Tide were miffed at being left out of the mix
The college football playoff committee released their top 25 rankings on Tuesday night with Mississippi State, Florida State, Ole Miss and Auburn representing the Final Four who would play in the College Football Playoff if the season ended today.
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However, the playoff committee left out the team that is currently No. 3 in the polls as the Alabama Crimson Tide weren’t in the top four and aren’t even the first time on the outside looking in as Alabama came in at No. 6, behind the Oregon Ducks.
Alabama lost to Ole Miss, so the playoff committee is placing a heavy emphasis on the team’s head-to-head matchup more than they are the current top AP top 25 poll.
The good news for the Crimson Tide is they have games against the No. 1 team on Nov. 8 when they play Dak Prescott and Mississippi State and of course have their Iron Bowl matchup looming on Nov. 29 against Auburn to boost their status in the eyes of the playoff committee. Should Alabama win out, there is no doubt they will be in the top four.
In the meantime, Alabama fans took to twitter to voice their displeasure with the rankings.
why do they think Auburn better than Alabama like wtf
— Whitlow (@whitlow_) October 28, 2014
Alabama is looking up, I think for this team it's just motivation to kick some ass the rest of the way
— Joe (@ChiTidePostGrad) October 28, 2014
Wow. This playoff is starting out SEC heavy. And it doesn't even have Alabama. Wow!!
— Greg Alderdice (@g_alderdice) October 28, 2014
Thank you committee not being politically correct. Alabama should be in there over FSU no doubt though.
— Bracy Clark (@BracyClark22) October 28, 2014
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