Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne regretted the event Crimson flood was left out of the College Football Playoff on Sunday and suggested the football program would reconsider its non-conference schedule.
Byrne had pointed out the Crimson Tide’s strong schedule during the season and why Alabama deserved to be in the playoffs as a three-loss team against someone like SMU. Byrne made the case before the bracket was unveiled, but the selection committee didn’t buy it.
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Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (Randy Sartin-Imagn images/file)
It raised questions about whether the strength of the scheme mattered to the officials deciding the bracket.
“Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the top twelve teams in the country,” Byrne wrote on X. “We had an extremely challenging schedule and recognized that there were two games in particular where we did not perform as well as we should.” to have.”
“We said we would have to see how the strength of the scheme would be evaluated by the CFP. With this outcome we will have to (assess) how many P4 non-conference games in the future make sense to put us in the best position. position to participate in the CFP is not good for college football.”
Alabama ranked at number 11 in the penultimate release. But they didn’t have a conference championship to play for. If SMU had done that Defeated Clemsonthe Crimson Tide could have been the team in the tournament.
Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer (John Fisher/Getty Images/File)
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Warde Manuel, chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, explained why SMU made the field.
“Your televised debate really sums up the debate in the room,” he said per Saturday in the South. “We looked at the number of wins Alabama had against ranked opponents. We looked at SMU’s schedule and they were undefeated in the conference. Their losses were to ranked teams. But we also looked at Alabama’s losses to unranked teams .And it was quite a debate.We appreciate a strong schedule.That’s why Alabama as a team with three losses is higher than other teams that have had two losses.
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia (2) celebrates the team’s 40-35 win over No. 1 Alabama after an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
“But in the balance, in the way SMU played in that game, losing on a field goal in the last second, a great Clemson win, a great game. We just felt like SMU still got the nod in this particular case had.” at 10 over Alabama, but it’s no disrespect to Alabama’s strong schedule.
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Alabama will play Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
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