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No two-loss team has been this high this early: Alabama’s jump to No. 3 draws “SEC bias” backlash, and the CFP chair defends it

Alabama jumped to No. 3 in the CFP rankings, and no two-loss team had been in the committee’s top four this early. Chair Hunter Yurachek defends it: four “quality wins.” Tennessee, which beat the Tide, is No. 8. Seven of nine SEC top-25 teams sit higher than in the AP.

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No two-loss team has been this high this early: Alabama’s jump to No. 3 draws “SEC bias” backlash, and the CFP chair defends it

Alabama jumped to No. 3 in the CFP rankings, and no two-loss team had been in the committee’s top four this early. Chair Hunter Yurachek defends it: four “quality wins.” Tennessee, which beat the Tide, is No. 8. Seven of nine SEC top-25 teams sit higher than in the AP.

Source: Pro Football Network · “Have some shame,” “The SEC bias is insane”: CFB world on Alabama’s CFP jump

Sources

  1. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/cfb/alabama-no-3-cfp-rankings-reaction/
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2026/11/10/cfp-rankings-football-georgia-alabama-tennessee-texas-kentucky/92715503007/
  3. https://www.secsports.com/videos/2026/11/sec-nows-initial-reaction-to-the-latest-cfp-rankings-2

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