Alabam a once again moved up in the College Football Playoff rankings when they were unveiled Tuesday on ESPN. When the newest top 25 was released, following the Crimson TIde’s Saturday win over Mercer, UA was ranked No. 7.

The College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams for the first time this season, and the CFP committee revealed its third rankings of the 2024 season on Tuesday night. Alabama came in at No. 11 in the initial rankings and moved up to No.

Ohio State stayed at No. 2, one spot ahead of Southeastern Conference co-leader Texas. Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference was ranked eighth but gets the third seed and a bye that goes to the top four ranked conference leaders. And likewise, Boise State was ranked 12th by the committee but was slotted into that fourth and final bye.