CFP's Warde Manuel Shares Why Committee Ranked Alabama As Highest 2-Loss Team

College Football Playoff Selection Committee chair Warde Manuel spoke with ESPN after the initial CFP rankings came out on Tuesday night and explained why the committee had Alabama as the highest 2-loss team. Per SDS:

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“We obviously view them as the highest-ranked two-loss team at this time,” Manuel said. “The home win against Georgia was impressive. What they just did against Missouri, a 24th ranked Missouri team. The loss to Vanderbilt on the road at Vanderbilt was something that we also looked at as well as the road loss at Tennessee. Tennessee is ranked No. 7. They’re top 20 in scoring. Their defense is always solid, holding teams to less than 20 points per game. Those things impressed the committee.”

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