Paul Finebaum believes Alabama, despite a 21-point loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, should be included in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

No. 9 Alabama was dominated by Georgia in a 28-7 win for Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs.

However, Finebaum says, Kalen DeBoer’s Tide, despite three losses, should be included in the CFP.

“They should be in, but they made it unnecessarily difficult for the committee because of an utterly humiliating performance,” Finebaum told AL.com on Saturday. “They will likely drop to the cut line, but it would be egregious to cost a school a berth in the field because they qualified for the conference game while Notre Dame isn’t even in a conference.”

Like Heather Dinich, Finebaum - and SEC Network analyst - point to an earlier game between the two SEC

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