Kirk Herbstreit Thinks 12-1 Alabama Should Make Playoff Over 13-0 Florida State

WebStory.co.in Date- 18 November 2023

During this Saturday's edition of "College GameDay," ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit made some interesting comments about Alabama and Florida State.

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While the crew was going through its "CFP Chaos" segment, Herbstreit argued that a 12-1 Alabama team should make the College Football Playoff over a 13-0 Florida State team.

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Herbstreit's argument is that Alabama is playing better football and would need to pick up a win over No. 1 Georgia to get to 12-1.

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Desmond Howard agreed with Herbstreit's take. Rece Davis, however, did not.

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Florida State's path to the CFP should be relatively simple. For starters, it has to win its remaining regular-season games against North Alabama and Florida.

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Once that's taken care of, Florida State will need to win the ACC Championship. If those two things happen, there's no way the committee can leave an undefeated Power 5 champion out of the CFP.

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That being said, Alabama could still make the big dance. Nick Saban's squad just has zero margin for error.

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