With several two-loss teams still alive in the College Football Playoff race, one or more CFP hopefuls could slip up somewhere in the final three weeks of the regular season. Don't expect the Alabama Crimson Tide to be one of them, CBS Sports says.
Tuesday's updated CFP rankings saw Alabama (7-2, 5-2 SEC) rise two spots to No. 3. The Crimson Tide are behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Utah in the rankings, and they're one spot of ahead of No. 4 UCLA.
Alabama's remaining regular-season schedule includes a matchup against an FCS program, sandwiched between two unranked SEC teams. It's a favorable position for Alabama, which more than answered the bell against fellow playoff hopeful LSU in a 31-13 statement win at Tiger Stadium in Week 10.
On Wednesday,
CBS Sports predicted every playoff hopeful's remaining schedule. College football analyst Austin Nivison sees Alabama winning each of its next three contests to finish 10-2 in the regular season. Nivison says the Crimson Tide have the easiest path among two-loss teams vying for a playoff spot.
"Alabama has the easiest road to the finish line of any team currently in the College Football Playoff field, which is why that win over LSU was so huge. The Crimson Tide can get away with their 'C' game against Vanderbilt and Chattanooga, with all due respect to the Commodores and Mocs. Anything can happen in the Iron Bowl, but an Auburn win would be a true stunner this season, especially since the game is being played in Bryant-Denny Stadium."
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Alabama football schedule 2026
Alabama faces Vanderbilt at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville in Week 11 of the 2026 college football season. Kickoff for Alabama-Vanderbilt is 11:45 a.m. CT. The game can be seen on SEC Network.
All times Central.
- Sept. 5: vs. East Carolina Pirates (W, 48-10)
- Sept. 12: at Kentucky Wildcats (W, 45-17)
- Sept. 19: vs. Florida State Seminoles (W, 50-36)
- Sept. 26: vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (W, 49-18)
- Oct. 3: at Mississippi State Bulldogs (W, 56-23)
- Oct. 10: vs. Georgia Bulldogs (L, 20-17)
- Oct. 17: at Tennessee Volunteers (L, 26-10)
- Oct. 24: vs. Texas A&M Aggies (W, 31-20)
- Nov. 7: at LSU Tigers (W, 31-13)
- Nov. 14: at Vanderbilt Commodores, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network
- Nov. 21: vs. Chattanooga Mocs, 1 p.m., SEC Network+
- Nov. 28: vs. Auburn Tigers, TBA
Record: 7-2, 5-2 SEC.
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