Kalen DeBoer claimed he didn’t know where Alabama football was ranked in the initial College Football Playoff top 25 until informed on the SEC coaches teleconference Wednesday morning. Believe him or not, but UA was sitting at No. 11 when the rankings were revealed Tuesday evening.

On Tuesday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide were included in the initial 12-team College Football Playoff rankings, seeded at No. 11 up against the No. 6 seed Texas Longhorns in the first round. However,

The Alabama Crimson Tide are 6-2 on the year and very much alive to make the College Football Playoff. In the first rankings, the Selection Committee had them as the 11th best team, getting the No. 11 seed.