Alabama is In the 12-Team College Football Playoff

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama Crimson Tide is in the College Football Playoffs for the first time under new head coach Kalen DeBoer. In the second year of the 12-team playoff model, Alabama finished the regular season 10-2 with a loss to 5-7 Florida State and a loss to No. 8 Oklahoma. The Crimson Tide holds the best win in the country, with a road victory over the No. 3-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and three other wins against opponents ranked at the time of the game (Vanderbilt, Missouri, and Tennessee).

Alabama will be on the road in the first round of the playoffs after falling in the SEC Championship. Alabama's final resume looks like this.

Wins:

ULM
Wisconsin
No. 3 Georgia
No. 14 Vanderbilt
Missouri
Tennessee
South Carolina
LSU
Eastern Illinois (FCS)
Auburn

Losses

Florida State
No. 8 Oklahoma
No. 3 Georgia (Conference Championship)

The Final CFP Playoff Bracket

TEAMS WITH A BYE

No. 1 Indiana
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 3 Georgia
No. 4 Texas Tech

FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAMES

No. 5 Oregon hosts No. 12 James Madison
No. 6 Ole Miss hosts No. 11 Tulane
No. 7 Texas A&M hosts No. 10 Miami
No. 8 Oklahoma hosts No. 9 Alabama

Notre Dame was the first team out of the College Football Playoffs. BYU is the second team out.

No. 9 Alabama will face No. 8 Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, in the first round of the College Football Playoffs. It's a rematch of the Crimson Tide's 23-21 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners, played in Tuscaloosa on November 15.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.