Paul Finebaum was direct when asked whether or not he thinks Alabama will crack the College Football Playoff field at the end of the season.

There’s just too much the Crimson Tide would have to do.

“No, and here’s the reason. They’ve lost their margin for error by losing to Tennessee,” Finebaum said on KJM Tuesday. “Their schedule is this, a week from Saturday at LSU. Dangerous, maybe not impossible, they’ll be the favorite. After that they have Ole Miss and then their season calms down a little bit, they finish Auburn which is a mess right now. They have to play Georgia or Tennessee, I think if they end up with Georgia they’ll have a hard time winning. They could beat Tennessee on a neutral site, I don’t think today they could beat (Georgia).”

Alabama has not missed the field since 2019-2020. That’s also the sole time the Crimson Tide have missed out on the playoff since its inception in 2014-15.

Do you agree with Finebaum?