Alabama football is in the College Football Playoff field as it currently stands. When the first CFP rankings of 2024 were released Tuesday, the Crimson Tide was placed No. 11, in a potential first-round game at No. 5 Texas.
The 2024 season is the first year of a 12-team playoff being in place. A four-team system was used from 2014 through 2023.
The first round games will be played at home stadium sites for the higher-seeded teams. After that, it’s on to bowl sites for the quarterfinals and beyond.
The top four teams receive a bye in the first round. The four highest-ranked teams must be conference champions.
The CFP committee will announce playoff rankings weekly on ESPN. Last season’s Alabama team made it into the playoff during the final ranking show, a controversial choice that saw the Tide pass an undefeated Florida State team.
Alabama dropped two games before the beginning of November for the first time since the 2007 season. The Crimson Tide dropped one game at Vanderbilt, before losing the Third Saturday in October rivalry at Tennessee.
The Tide has a game with massive playoff implications on Saturday in Baton Rouge. Alabama travels to LSU, ranked No. 15 in the playoff top 25, with both teams holding two losses, and a third likely eliminating a school from contention.
“We have to be intentional and we have to bring that energy in order to really continue to improve, and they’re doing that,” DeBoer said of the team in his Monday press conference. “They want to make something big of this season, and it’s important through the action that you see on the practice field, you see it in the way they’re going about their business off the field, just the details that they really continue to hone in on. It’s just a matter of time, right? As the season goes on you become more comfortable with what we’re doing.”
Alabama and LSU are scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The game will be aired on ABC.
College Football Playoff top 25 rankings
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Miami
- Texas
- Penn State
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- BYU
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- Boise State
- SMU
- Texas A&M
- LSU
- Ole Miss
- Iowa State
- Pitt
- Kansas State
- Colorado
- Washington State
- Louisville
- Clemson
- Missouri
- Army
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