We will finally see what the College Football Playoff looks like without Alabama, after today’s loss to Auburn. The 15th-ranked Tigers were in the entire game against the 5th-ranked, and Tua-less Crimson Tide, trailing at most by 7 in this year’s Iron Bowl. This game will no doubt go down as the best game of rivalry week 2019, mostly because of its playoff implications.
Since the inception of the CFP in 2014, Alabama has not missed it. They’ve no doubt deserved to be there every year, but isn’t it kinda boring seeing the same teams compete every year? I was definitely not looking forward to another Clemson vs. Alabama matchup. But now we don’t have to worry about that because there’s no way in hell a two-loss team could make it now!
BIG MAD
NIck Saban goin blow a casket pic.twitter.com/2zJyyuWAqD
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 30, 2019
This is how the CFP rankings stand as of November 30th:
- Ohio State
- LSU
- Clemson
- Georgia
While this list still contains some very familiar faces, the one newcomer is LSU, who has failed to make the CFP since its inception. Alabama’s loss also keeps one-loss (as of now) teams like Utah and Oklahoma in the mix. We’ll see how the SEC championship between Georgia and LSU impacts the rankings, knowing that one of these teams will have another loss on their record. Since Utah has the edge over Oklahoma in the rankings(6 & 7), they have to win out to keep their CFP chances alive. I would love to see some Pac-12 representation in there.
.@Utah_Football has given up just 48 points over the last 6 games combined…
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) December 1, 2019
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