There should be no debate.
The College Football Playoff committee has a layup — don’t smoke it.
Miami and Notre Dame each deserve to be in as the final two at-large teams, leaving Alabama on the outside looking in.
This isn’t about the Crimson Tide’s mostly noncompetitive performance in Saturday’s SEC championship game. Sure, that factors into it, but it’s about what we have seen from Alabama for the past five weeks.


