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Committee felt that SMU had the nod over Alabama
CFP Committee Chair Cites SMU Close Losses as Playoff Selection Factor over Alabama
Perhaps if Alabama had remained competitive against 6-6 Oklahoma instead of failing to score a single touchdown in a 24-3 blowout, it would be preparing
CFP Selection Committee Gets It Right With SMU Over Alabama
The exclusion of a fourth SEC program from the first 12-team field could cause consternation from Greg Sankey and his control over the format in 2027.
CFP committee chair explains why SMU was selected over Alabama
On Sunday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide were officially left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) field, as the committee decided to put in the SMU Mustangs over the 9-3 team from the SEC.
CFP Committee Chair Explains Alabama's Snub, SMU's Seeding in 2024 Playoff Bracket
Warde Manuel, chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, said there was "quite a debate" between taking SMU or Alabama as the final
CFP Committee Chair Explains Why SMU Got Final Spot over Alabama
Warde Manuel says the College Football Playoff committee valued the Crimson Tide's strenght of schedule, but still gave SMU the nod for the final at-large bid.
Alabama Left Out of Playoff as Committee Rewards SMU's Wins Over Crimson Tide's Strong Schedule
The College Football Playoff committee took wins over strength of schedule, taking SMU over Alabama for the final at-large spot in the field
Why SMU edged out Alabama for final spot in College Football Playoff bracket
Why did Alabama football lose out to SMU for the final spot in Sunday's final CFP rankings? Here's what CFP committee chair Warde Manuel said:
CFP Committee Explains Why SMU Beat Out Alabama for Final Spot
Alabama will be watching the College Football Playoff from home this year, and the committee that left the Crimson Tide on the sidelines is now justifying that decision. On Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee revealed the final 12-team rankings and bracket.
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Why The CFP Committee Must Address Seeding In 12-Team Playoff Bracket
No. 1 seed Oregon, which defeated No. 6 seed Penn State in the Big Ten championship game, has a more challenging path to the ...
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Could the CFP committee save itself the embarrassment of the weekly Playoff rankings?
On Nov. 5, the selection committee released the first of six weekly CFP Top 25 rankings. Should the format change in the ...
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CFP Committee Explains How Losing Teams in Conference Championships Will Be Evaluated
Winners of the SEC, Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 championship games secure a spot in the College Football Playoff. But what about ...
NOLA.com
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Scott Rabalais: On LSU in the 'Dave Aranda Bowl' and whether the CFP committee got it right
The game, set for 2:30 p.m., will be an appetizer for the bigger games to come, a lead-in to the first of the four College ...
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CFP committee failed its mission
No question when a very good Kansas team that had narrowly lost six games in the last minutes of games go hot and knocked off ...
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Paul Finebaum blasts Warde Manuel, says Alabama football 'got jobbed' by CFP committee
Did the selection committee get it right by favoring the SMU Mustangs over the Alabama Crimson Tide for the final at-large ...
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CFP committee excludes 17 teams in preseason top 25
You know it was a wild and wacky college football season when both Alabama and Michigan failed to make the 12-team playoff.
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Oregon's unbeaten season so impressed CFP committee that Ducks draw the short straw
If this were a better system that made more sense, Ducks' season would have earned a much greater reward than having to face ...
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