Here are five games, besides Alabama's matchup with LSU, that could impact the Crimson Tide's College Football Playoff ranking.
that effectively dashed its College Football Playoff hopes last season, and could do so again if it gives UA a second loss at Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday.
Still, Alabama was ranked No. 8 in the initial CFP rankings, released on Sunday. The Tide could use some help in its late-season push to make the playoff. Before the Tide and Tigers kick off at 6:45 p.m. CT Saturday, here are five other games that could impact Alabama’s quest to make the four-team event.The top-ranked team in the SEC and No. 2 squad in the CFP top 25 has a rematch with the team that played it the closest during last year’s national championship run. Georgia needed a second-half comeback to win last year’s game in Columbia, and this year’s No. 12 Missouri team is even better.
Still, this is a feisty K-State squad and one that won’t roll over for Texas, which is currently ranked No. 7 in the CFP rankings. The gameThe Pac-12 has had a long-standing tendency to cannibalize itself when it comes to getting into the playoffs. That could happen again for an extremely good No. 5 Washington team, when a talented, if flawed defensively, No. 20 USC team comes to visit.
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