College Football Playoff hopes seem to be still alive for Alabama football.
Despite losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee , the Crimson Tide have a 53% chance of making the CFP per ESPN's Playoff Predictor, better than all but 11 teams in college football, and fourth-best in the SEC behind Georgia (85%), Texas (75%) and Tennessee (68%).
With four games left against LSU , Mercer, Oklahoma and Auburn , the Crimson Tide 's CFP chances nearly evaporate with a loss.
And according to most bowl projections heading into Week 10 of the season, the Crimson Tide will be on the outside looking in during the first 12-team CFP.
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Alabama vs Arizona State; SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (9:30 p.m. CT, Dec. 27)
Action Network : Alabama vs Indiana ; Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (2 p.m. CT, Dec. 31)
CBS Sports : No. 10 Alabama vs. No. 7 BYU ; College Football Playoff first round (Dec. 20 or 21)
Athlon Sports : Alabama vs Indiana; Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (2 p.m. CT, Dec. 31)
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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