Alabama fans, media crush CFP selection committee for latest rankings reveal
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Alabama fans and media were both shocked and angered when the updated College Football Playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday night and their Crimson Tide were placed all the way down at No. 10, below even Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish factor really made Tide fans’ blood boil, because they feel that despite last Saturday’s stumble against Oklahoma and despite now having the same 8-2 record as Notre Dame, that Alabama has the better portfolio. But somehow that general feeling among the passionate Bama fan base didn’t translate to the Playoff selection committee, which dropped the Crimson Tide 6 spots from No. 4 to No. 10.
Seeing Notre Dame 1 spot above their beloved Tide at No. 9 added insult to injury in the new rankings, with just 2 weeks left in the 2025 regular season. Of course, Alabama has a chance to change all of this in these last 2 weeks by blasting Eastern Illinois this Saturday and taking down rival Auburn on the road the following week.
If everything else falls into place by Selection Sunday next month, then nobody in Tuscaloosa will remember the rankings from Nov. 18 that made a lot of fans cringe and head to social media to vent.
Here is just a sampling of the shock and anger that Alabama fans and media were feeling:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
