Alabama is headed back to the College Football Playoff. Despite its 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide was among the teams selected to the 12-team field for the 2025-26 tournament.

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Here's the final CFP bracket: No team has made the College Football Playoff more than Alabama. Alabama has played in nine of the 12 editions of the CFP, missing the cut in 2019, 2022 and 2024. Clemson and Ohio State are tied for second with seven appearances.

Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket released Sunday.

Bama247 Roll Pod Reaction: Alabama takes care of LSU 20-9 in Bryant-Denny Stadium, advances to 8-1 on the year Welcome to Roll Pod, an Alabama sports podcast from Bama247. On today's episode, Mike Rodak and Alex Scarborough join Brett Greenberg to discuss Alabama's 20-9 win over LSU in Bryant-Denny Stadium as the Crimson Tide advance to 8-1 on the season.

Alabama will get a second crack at Oklahoma after all. The Crimson Tide earned the No. 9 seed in the College Football Playoff. As a result, it will face the No. 8 Sooners in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

Notre Dame appears to have sent a message to ESPN and the College Football Playoff selection committee by rejecting a bowl game.