The CFP Selection Committee made the right call in leaving Alabama out of the 12-team playoff tournament, plain and simple.
The Crimson Tide lost to a mediocre Vanderbilt team in a shootout (the Commodores finished the year 6-6) and got embarrassed on the road by Oklahoma (who also finished 6-6). Throw in another loss to Tennessee, and Alabama’s resume included three losses and a relatively unimpressive body of work. For some reason, the Tide held a playoff spot in the penultimate rankings, but thankfully, they will not be playing for a national championship this year.
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Who comes out on top in the first 12-team College Football Playoff?
The first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is here, filled with teams that have worked all season for the opportunity to compete for the national championship. Picking out the first round of the bracket is going to be interesting, considering none of these games will be at neutral sites. For example, Notre Dame was rewarded with home game in the cold, and a night game to boot, in South Bend.
I must state this right off the bat: I graduated from Penn State in 2012. I am a Nittany Lions fan. So, this is biased.
But I must also state: I could not be happier about the draw that Penn State got from the College Football Playoff Committee.
When it became clear that Penn State’s first-round opponent would be either Alabama or SMU, I prayed that it would be SMU. And that’s exactly what the Committee decided, leaving Alabama out.
If Penn State fans wanted SMU in over Alabama, that means the Committee probably got it wrong.
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