Essentially the only path that guarantees a playoff berth for Alabama is an SMU win, as College Football Playoff selection committee chair Warde Manuel explained: “Those who are not playing [in conference championship games], we will not adjust those teams.” Manuel told ESPN.

Alabama has lost three games this year in Kalen DeBoer's first season after taking over from Nick Saban, but they look set to sneak into the playoffs with college football fans furious

The Alabama Crimson Tide’s regular season is done, and its ability to control its own destiny to the College Football Playoff is zero.  However, sports bettors