Current NET Ratings

[NationalTitles18]

38

42

Alabama

SEC

11-7

2-4

2-2

7-1

0-0

 

[TexasBama]

38

42

Alabama

SEC

11-7

2-4

2-2

7-1

0-0

Sagarin has us at #28

 

[CajunCrimson]

to realize how close we are to 14-4 is exciting. Perhaps those early losses led to later wins. Who knows. But the trajectory (9 of 12) is pretty awesome

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Joe Lunardi currently has Bama as one of the first four teams out of the tournament along with the defending national champions!

Updated Bracketology

"Out"? What do you mean?

 

[CoolBreeze]

Yep but going to be tough in Baton Rouge. Watford is looking great so far for the Who's.

We are not going to sneak up on them that's for sure. We are like a freight train going down through the schedule and everyone sees us coming. The corndogs will be ready looking to compound what happened on the gridiron this year. I like our chances.

 

[TiderJack]

We are not going to sneak up on them that's for sure. We are like a freight train going down through the schedule and everyone sees us coming. The corndogs will be ready looking to compound what happened on the gridiron this year. I like our chances.

Agreed. I think LSWho will get caught up playing us at our game and we get out of there with a win.

 

[dtgreg]

We should have beat the Gators down there...

Would have REALLY helped!

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Would have REALLY helped!

It would have taken away some room for error, but we had a few games in that category. If we split with LSU and hope that Arky is a
quad 1 when we play we should have a decent chance

 

[BAMAVILLE]

We're up to 41 as of today ... thinking a win against LSU will put us in the 30s. I wonder would we be ranked ahead of Florida if we get the win ... they are currently 37

 

[TexasBama]

We're up to 41 as of today ... thinking a win against LSU will put us in the 30s. I wonder would we be ranked ahead of Florida if we get the win ... they are currently 37

I think we were 38 before the weekend. The Florida loss hurt our NET.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

More worried about LSU

 

[CajunCrimson]

We are due for a loss. Hope our confidence is high and we can beat LSU. Badly.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Currently at #36...

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Right now, we are second in being considered for an at large-bid ... behind USCe. It's starting to look like whoever wins that game has a better shot of getting in.

2020 NCAA tournament bracketology: Why one loss could bump San Diego State to No. 2 seed

San Diego State's 26-0 record doesn't guarantee a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, given it's playing in the 11th best conference in the country.

www.usatoday.com

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Right now, we are second in being considered for an at large-bid ... behind USCe. It's starting to look like whoever wins that game has a better shot of getting in.

2020 NCAA tournament bracketology: Why one loss could bump San Diego State to No. 2 seed

San Diego State's 26-0 record doesn't guarantee a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, given it's playing in the 11th best conference in the country.

www.usatoday.com

I like our chances in that game, with Herb back...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I like our chances in that game, with Herb back...

Yeah, wish we had had Herb back one game earlier...

 

[rolltide_21]

Really good piece on the farce that is the quadrant system on RBR today. I wish getting into the tournament was as simple as taking the NET rankings but it’s not.

The NCAA quadrant system is broken, and the fix is simple

The tournament will be more compelling if the strength of the field is maximized.

www.rollbamaroll.com

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Really good piece on the farce that is the quadrant system on RBR today. I wish getting into the tournament was as simple as taking the NET rankings but it’s not.

The NCAA quadrant system is broken, and the fix is simple

The tournament will be more compelling if the strength of the field is maximized.

www.rollbamaroll.com

Pretty much says it all ...

Coming into last night’s critical win over LSU, the Tide was #39 according to the NET rating (UPDATE: Alabama moved up to #35 after the LSU win) but nowhere to be found on Joe Lunardi’s latest tournament projection, which includes the 68 team field plus the next eight who just missed the cut. So, a team that is the 39th best according to the NCAA’s own metric is somehow outside the top 76 for the NCAA tournament thanks to the quadrant system and autobids. Meanwhile, #48 Cincinnati, #49 USC, #55 Virginia and #58 Indiana are all in the field as at large selections.


Northern Iowa, which is projected to make the field as an autobid barring a conference tournament upset, a terrible way to determine autobids by the way but a topic for a different day, was four spots ahead of Alabama on the NET at #35 and logically projected as a 9-seed in the tournament. The three teams between UNI and Alabama are all in the field, seeded anywhere from 7 to 10. In fact, Alabama is the highest ranked team that isn’t projected to make the field, yet they aren’t even on the bubble at this time.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Pretty much says it all ...

Maybe Lunardi is wrong?

After all he is older than he used to be...

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Maybe Lunardi is wrong?

After all he is older than he used to be...

It's weird, been looking at the rankings. They have Okie in and if I'm correct, they only have one quad one win against West Virginia, who is still ranked behind Auburn. If we would have beat both Tenn and Arky I'm thinking we would be firmly in at this point so I guess it is what it is.