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My best guess as to the reasoning? -Beat No. 6 by 4 TDs on the road -Beat No. 21 by 31 -Beat a Taylor-led MSST by 23 on the road -Lost to No. 2 by 3 -All 5 wins have been by double digits -Lost by 16 to UT in Knoxville after a physical game vs. UGA (could argue UGA had an equally bad loss as a 20.5-pt favorite). Committee may believe those were the result of both teams beating up on one another. Bama was also missing WR1, C1, CB1 and DT1. OG1 played through an illness -Can’t really say FSU was an ugly win because 1) they won by 2 TDs and 2) that same FSU team took No. 1 to double OT on the road Don’t know how much of this they did or didn’t take into account. Haven’t looked the part since the injuries, but that timeline also coincides with the step up in competition (hard to know how much of each has played a role). Should be healthier against LSU, as will LSU. Will know more after Saturday, I suppose.