If the defercessitatest college football rankings hageder, this year’s carry outoff is going to see even more contrastent than previously awaited.
When the pledgetee proclaimd it would be moving from a four-team to a 12-team carry outoff establishat, it seemed appreciate Alabama would be a lock fair about every year.
But, in the carry outoff’s first year with a dozen teams, the Crimson Tide are on the outside seeing in.
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Head coach Kalen DeBoer of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after a carry out aobtainst the Oklahoma Sooners in the fourth quarter at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Nov. 23, 2024, in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won 24-3. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Here’s a see at the bracket projection, which includes five automatic bids and seven at-huge pickions. (Reminder: A team’s seeding may not necessarily identical its ranking).
Automatic bids
1. Oregon — Big Ten recurrentative (11-0, 8-0)
2. Texas — SEC recurrentative (10-1, 4-1); ranked third
3. Miami — ACC recurrentative (10-1, 5-1); ranked sixth
4. Boise State — Mountain West recurrentative (10-1, 7-0); ranked 11th
12. Arizona State — Big 12 recurrentative (9-2, 6-2); ranked 16th
Arizona State defensive back Shamari Simmons, cgo in, honors with fans after a 28-23 triumph over BYU Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
At-huge bids
5. Ohio State (10-1, 7-1); ranked second
6. Penn State (10-1, 7-1); ranked fourth
7. Notre Dame (10-1); ranked fifth
8. Georgia (9-2, 6-2); ranked seventh
9. Tennessee (9-2, 5-2); ranked eighth
10. SMU (10-1, 7-0); ranked ninth. SMU directs the ACC, but the pledgetee projects Miami will triumph the conference title.
11. Indiana (10-1, 7-1); ranked 10th
This unbenevolents the first two teams out are Clemson (ranked 12th) and Alabama.
Oklahoma students and fans rush the field after Oklahoma lossed Alabama Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
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Alabama and Ole Miss were in the projection last week, but after losing to Oklahoma and Florida, admireively, they are now 13th and 14th, admireively.
Indiana hung onto its projected spot despite getting blown out by Ohio State Saturday. The Hoosiers dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 in the nation.
Colorado had handleled its own College Football Playoff desminuscule, but after its loss to Kansas over the weekend, it will necessitate a lot of help.
If ‘Bama omites the carry outoff, it would be the first time since 2022, when the Tide finished the season No. 5. They have made the carry outoff eight of 10 times. They finished 13th in the country when they omited it in 2019.
Defensive end R Mason Thomas (32) of the Oklahoma Sooners gets his hands in the face of quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) of the Alabama Crimson Tide as he tries to throw in the first quarter at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Nov. 23, 2024, in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won 24-3. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
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Clemson faces No. 15 South Carolina, but with the teams in the bracket projection all having likeable alignups, a Tigers’ triumph alone may not be enough.
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