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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/surg4llday on 2025-12-07 15:38:08+00:00.
I don’t understand the argument that accounting for Bama’s loss in the championship game is “punishing them for playing an extra game.” Should the committee not consider that game if they won it instead? Of course not.
Wouldn’t Texas and Vandy have loved the opportunity to play in the game and get themselves into the playoffs with a win?
Either the championship games count or they don’t - you can’t say it only matters when the bubble team wins.
Alabama had a chance to make the playoff field with a win and they lost. Maybe they still make it anyway, but if they don’t that’s not the committee’s fault. Just like if they won and pushed someone else out it wouldn’t be the committee’s fault either.