Alabama Crimson Tide Football Schedule, Results, Title Chances After LSU Win

Alabama football fans need to start looking at the standings and rankings again. With Saturday night's dominating win at LSU, and how it ran over the Tigers in Death Valley, the Crimson Tide re-established itself as a legitimate contender for the Southeastern Conference and national titles.

But Alabama (7-2, 4-2 SEC) still has two losses on its resume, so the first thing it has to do is win out over the final three regular-season games. No. 7 Tennessee, No. 5 Texas and No. 14 Texas A&M all have one loss in league play, so they have the inside lane on getting to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game. No. 16 Ole Miss (8-2, 4-2), with just Florida and Mississippi State to go, and No. 24 Missouri (7-2, 3-2) are in the mix as well.

However, Georgia hosts Tennessee next week, and the Lone Star teams close the season facing each other in College Station. By the end of the game broadcast, ESPN/ABC had calculated Alabama as having the second-best chances of playing in Atlanta, at 47 percent.

The path to the 12-team College Football Playoff is more direct for the Crimson Tide. Alabama was No. 11 this past week and could move up again into a certain win-and-in position. The SEC is looking at having three, if not four teams in the CFP field, plus the Crimson Tide has an impressive head-to-head win against Georgia.

Two of Alabama's final regular-season games are against high-profile opponents:

Nov. 16: Mercer, 1 p.m. CT, ESPN+/SEC Network+

Nov. 23: at Oklahoma, TBA

Nov. 30: Auburn, TBA

See also: Live Updates: No. 11 Alabama Football at No. 15 LSU