Despite having fallen to the Sooners during the regular season, the Crimson Tide are opening as narrow favorites in Norman.

The CFP committee watched Georgia trample Alabama in the SEC title game and then selected Alabama to the playoff bracket as if it never happened.

Miami and Alabama are in, Notre Dame and ACC champ Duke are out, and the CFP features two Group of Five teams in Tulane and James Madison.

Alabama football is now in the College Football Playoff as the No. 9 seed after not falling in the final rankings after losing to Georgia in the SEC Championship.

Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally knocked off Alabama for the SEC championship, winning 28-7. Georgia likely will get a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Alabama will await its suddenly tenuous fate as the field is announced tomorrow afternoon.

Alabama football entered Saturday’s matchup with Georgia already down a few players. The Crimson Tide lost two more over the course of the game, with linebacker Justin Jefferson and cornerback Zabien Brown both leaving with injuries.

Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time,

Last year, Oregon was the clear No. 1 seed and entered the CFP undefeated. Then, the Ducks fell behind Ohio State 34-0 at the Rose Bowl, and the season was over in a heartbeat. This time around, Oregon doesn’t have a bye, but does get a home game and is the biggest favorite of the first round.

CFP chairman Hunter Yurachek was pressed on why Notre Dame football fell below Miami in the final rankings Sunday. Here's his response.