(This story has been updated with the final score). Alabama football missed out on making the first-ever 12-team College ...

For weeks fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide have been arguing that the 9-3 team should have gotten into the College Football ...

Earning the No. 11 seed over Alabama was SMU, who was upset in the ACC championship game on Saturday by Clemson. REQUIRED READING:College football bowl game schedule: The entire postseason lineup ...

With Alabama sitting out during conference championships on Saturday, the Crimson Tide are firmly situated on the bubble of the 12-team College Football ... Nick Saban. SMU has just one loss ...

No longer can Georgia and Alabama stockpile talent with the confidence that star recruits will wait their turn.

The expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff presented ... a big brand was left out. Alabama, punished for its three losses, was passed over for SMU. It was the major question mark entering ...

Pundits like Kirk Herbstreit blasted SMU and especially Indiana for blowout Playoff losses. But Alabama proved it wasn't worth arguing for.

It appears there will be a lot of debate, however, on which team gets the final at-large spot, as it seems to be between ...

The exact result Alabama football needed not to happen in the ACC title game ... happened. The Crimson Tide needed either an SMU win or a Clemson blowout win. Either was fine and would probably ...

The new expanded College Football Playoff world ... Without getting too deep into it, SMU probably won’t be in the CFP if it loses, meaning Alabama will likely be the 11, and that means it ...

Alabama football missed out on making the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff in Kalen DeBoer's first season. SMU, the team that edged out the Crimson Tide for the final spot in the CFP ...

Earning the No. 11 seed over Alabama was SMU, who was upset in the ACC championship game on Saturday by Clemson. REQUIRED ...