Alabama somehow comes in at No. 5 in CFP rankings, and the public wants to know why

The College Football Playoff selection committee is getting hammered for its decision to slot Alabama No. 5 in its first rankings of the season , as fans once again argue SEC bias and pick part the program’s credibility. Fans cannot process how Kalen DeBoer and company came in eight spots above a Tennessee squad that beat them decisively in Knoxville on Oct. 17 and owns the same record at 6-2. Social media is seeing red right now, and it is not the Crimson kind. “Alabama has pictures of somebody,” On3’s Blain Crain posted on X . “Lol.