Does bama get in if they lose to auburn?

They shouldn’t but they will

Not without winning the SECCG, bc IF Bama does not make the SECCG, then it will be the ACC with 2 teams in the CFP

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Does bama get in if they lose to auburn?

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That's a tall order.

Here's a hypothetical scenerio I would like to see, not out of spite of any team but just to mess with the committees minds.

Alabama beats Auburn, giving them a third loss.
UGA loses one more to either Kentucky or Tech, but then beats Bama in SEC title.
Carolina beats Clemson
Clemson beats Miami
Ohio State beats Wisconsin but loses to Michigan.
Oklahoma loses one more

I bet that would make for some good arguments though Alabama would be pretty safe because they would only have one loss.

Probably not. I think Bama has basically been in the playoffs since last week.

We're very good playing as #1, but we get everyone's best game and the rare losses we have they say we're overrated.

It's ok though, as long as our trophy case keeps needing rennovations from time to time for the new ones.

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Maybe.

It would take a pretty fortuitous series of events to get in that way though; however, Ohio State set the precedent that it's feasible to get into the playoffs without a conference championship over the team that wins it (and the team that beat you). In 2015, Penn State beat OSU and won the Big 10, but OSU went to the playoffs as PSU had 2 losses and OSU only had the 1.

I'm not sure how good OSU's 2015 schedule was, so there might be some argument in comparing Alabama's 2017 slate to that. That said, I honestly don't see it. Unless Oklahoma slips up, I imagine it will be Clemson/Miami in 1 slot, Oklahoma in 1 slot, SEC Champ in 1 slot (even if a 2-loss Auburn, thanks to the wins they'd have to get to get there), and B1G champ in the last slot. Now, if Ohio State wins the B1G, that MIGHT allow for UCF to slip in. Would give the committee a chance to "prove" they're not biased against non-P5 teams. If there's a slew of 2-loss teams, then Alabama has a shot. If the only 2-loss team in this scenario is Auburn, then AU goes and deservedly so.

Also, if Clemson beats Miami, then the ACC would have 2 1-loss teams. Then the debate becomes Miami vs Alabama is everyone else has 2-losses, if 2-losses is a some kind of wall that the committee hasn't let anyone else in on.