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The first 12-team College Football Playoff will include SMU but not Alabama.
The Crimson Tide were the first team out of the field when the selection committee released its final ranking Sunday, setting the bracket for the first expansive, pro-style playoff in the history of major college football: four rounds, 11 games over one month.
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“We looked at the number of wins Alabama had against ranked opponents. We looked at SMU’s schedule — they were undefeated in conference. Their losses were to ranked teams. But we also looked at Alabama’s losses to unranked teams. It was quite a debate,” committee
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