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Don't let Miami-Notre Dame debate distract you from Alabama, the elephant in room for final CFP rankings

Nick Saban is almost two full seasons removed from coaching college football – and yet his shadow hangs over the College Football Playoff.

The CFP committee validated that assessment Tuesday by placing No. 9 Alabama ahead of No. 10 Notre Dame in the penultimate set of rankings.

Forget about the Irish's debate with No. 12 Miami . If the committee was going to put the Hurricanes ahead of the Irish, then they would have done it Tuesday. If that changes Sunday, then it would be strictly because of media-driven peer pressure outside of the room.

No campaigning – not even from Marco Rubio – is going to change that. Rubio could take a lesson from Saban. Nobody c

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