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Indiana grabs top seed in College Football Playoff. Alabama and Miami make it, Notre Dame left out
Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket.
Miami didn't win the ACC title or even play in the ACC title game. The 10-2 Hurricanes lost out on a five-way tiebreaker for second place in the conference to a five-loss Duke team. The Blue Devils took down Virginia in the ACC championship game on Saturday night but ended up ranked behind five other conference champions in the CFP rankings.
Where are the Alabama Crimson Tide ranked in the final US LBM Coaches Poll ahead of the College Football Playoff? Here are the full top 25 rankings.
Alabama lost to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game 28-7 on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, handing the Crimson Tide its first loss in a conference title game since 2008.
Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally knocked off Alabama for the SEC championship, winning 28-7. Georgia likely will get a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Alabama will await its suddenly tenuous fate as the field is announced tomorrow afternoon.
Alabama football was already down significantly in the SEC championship game. Adding injury to insult though, the Crimson Tide will be without a starting defensive back the rest of the way. Zabien Brown will likely miss the remainder of a game with an injury, according to the ESPN broadcast. Brown is a starting cornerback for Alabama.
With the rain coming down at Protective Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday night in the Alabama high school football Class 5A state championship between Moody and Vigor, it would be the former’s defense rising to the occasion.