The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will not have it easy this weekend trying to decide the final at-large spots coming out of various conference championship game results. Ninth-ranked Alabama's one-sided loss to No. 3 Georgia is an intriguing -- and unexpected -- additional data point for the committee, who could critically dock the SEC's runner-up in favor of Miami for the 12-team bracket's final at-large spot.

However, the committee would have to devalue the SEC Championship Game for the first time in playoff history for the Crimson Tide to be left out entirely in favor of the No. 9 and 10 spots going to Notre Dame and the Hurricanes. No team in playoff history has reached the postseason as a three-loss, at-large nominee, nor has an at-large team lost multiple

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