The College Football Playoff Selection Committee Chair Warde Mannuel explained why Alabama is rank above Miami in the latest rankings.
The Crimson Tide are at No. 11, and Miami is ranked No. 12. Manuel explained what went into the committee’s decision on ESPN.
“What it came down to is as we evaluated both teams and looked at how they rank, obviously we think highly of both teams, one is at 11, one is at 12, but what it really came down to is Alabama is 3-1 against current top 25 teams, and Miami is 0-1. Alabama is 6-1 against teams above 500. Miami is 4-2. Both have had some losses that weren’t what they wanted out of those games. But in the last three games, Miami has lost two twice. And so for us, in evaluating their body of work, we felt that Alabama got the edge over Miami.”
Alabama looks to have an inside track to the playoff with a SMU win over Clemson in the ACC Championship securely locking Alabama in.
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