College Football Playoff staple Alabama left out of latest bracket projection after upset-filled week

If the latest college shot rankings hold, this year's playoff is going to look adjacent much antithetic than antecedently expected.

When the committee announced it would beryllium moving from a four-team to a 12-team playoff format, it seemed similar Alabama would be a fastener conscionable astir each year.

But, successful the playoff's archetypal twelvemonth with a twelve teams, the Crimson Tide are connected the extracurricular looking in.

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Head manager Kalen DeBoer of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts aft a play against the Oklahoma Sooners successful the 4th fourth astatine Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Nov. 23, 2024, successful Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won 24-3. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Here's a look astatine the bracket projection, which includes 5 automatic bids and 7 at-large selections. (Reminder: A team's seeding whitethorn not needfully adjacent its ranking).

Automatic bids

1. Oregon — Big Ten typical (11-0, 8-0)

2. Texas — SEC typical (10-1, 4-1); ranked third

3. Miami — ACC typical (10-1, 5-1); ranked sixth

4. Boise State — Mountain West typical (10-1, 7-0); ranked 11th

12. Arizona State — Big 12 typical (9-2, 6-2); ranked 16th

Arizona State antiaircraft backmost Shamari Simmons, center, celebrates with fans aft a 28-23 triumph implicit BYU Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, successful Tempe, Ariz.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

At-large bids

5. Ohio State (10-1, 7-1); ranked second

6. Penn State (10-1, 7-1); ranked fourth

7. Notre Dame (10-1); ranked fifth

8. Georgia (9-2, 6-2); ranked seventh

9. Tennessee (9-2, 5-2); ranked eighth

10. SMU (10-1, 7-0); ranked ninth. SMU leads the ACC, but the committee projects Miami volition triumph the league title.

11. Indiana (10-1, 7-1); ranked 10th

This means the archetypal 2 teams retired are Clemson (ranked 12th) and Alabama.

Oklahoma students and fans unreserved the tract aft Oklahoma defeated Alabama Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, successful Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Alabama and Ole Miss were successful the projection past week, but aft losing to Oklahoma and Florida, respectively, they are present 13th and 14th, respectively.

Indiana hung onto its projected spot contempt getting blown retired by Ohio State Saturday. The Hoosiers dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 successful the nation.

Colorado had controlled its ain College Football Playoff destiny, but aft its nonaccomplishment to Kansas implicit the weekend, it volition request a batch of help.

If 'Bama misses the playoff, it would beryllium the archetypal clip since 2022, erstwhile the Tide finished the play No. 5. They person made the playoff 8 of 10 times. They finished 13th successful the state erstwhile they missed it successful 2019.

Defensive extremity R Mason Thomas (32) of the Oklahoma Sooners gets his hands successful the look of backmost Jalen Milroe (4) of the Alabama Crimson Tide arsenic helium tries to propulsion successful the archetypal 4th astatine Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Nov. 23, 2024, successful Norman, Okla.  Oklahoma won 24-3. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

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Clemson faces No. 15 South Carolina, but with the teams successful the bracket projection each having favorable matchups, a Tigers' triumph unsocial whitethorn not beryllium enough.

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