The CFP committee released the latest CFP rankings Tuesday, and Alabama football moved up to No. 11.
That means if the season ended today, the Crimson Tide would be in the College Football Playoff.
Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer joined the College GameDay podcast after the rankings were announced this week, and he shared his reaction.
“You don’t know,” DeBoer said. “It’s a hard decision I understand the committee has to make. I totally get it. Trying to balance everything. There are so many good teams in the country, not just the top but throughout. You don’t know how it’s going to come out. Certainly pleased and understand, I guess selfishly, from our end, where we feel we belong. Feeling that we’re one of those teams that should be in the playoff. A little biased of course, but also, stepping back and have some perspective with our kind of season that we’ve had, the teams we play, the wins we had in particular. I just really feel like we belong there and have that type of team that can go the distance given this type of opportunity.”
The final CFP rankings will be revealed Sunday on Selection Day. The Crimson Tide will find out if it is officially in the CFP field that day.
If SMU beats Clemson in the ACC championship Saturday, that should lock up Alabama’s spot in the 12-team playoff.
Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.
