Kalen DeBoer didn't watch as the latest set of College Football Playoff rankings were released. The Alabama football coach said the rankings popped up on his phone. He took a look. And he went back to work.

After falling to Oklahoma 23-21 , Alabama fell to No. 10 in the latest set of CFP rankings, right on the edge of the cut line for the 12-team playoff with two games left against Eastern Illinois and Auburn .

Alabama has ranked wins against Georgia, Vanderbilt, Missouri and Tennessee, each of which were ranked in the top 25 when the Crimson Tide secured the wins.

Yet, Alabama was ranked behind Notre Dame, another two-loss team that has two losses against teams ranked in the top 13 of the latest rankings. Alabama also had a season-opening loss to now-unranked Florida State

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