Alabama football will learn its College Football Playoff fate Sunday.

But first it gets to face No. 3 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The question now is, will that be a must-win game for the Crimson Tide to make the playoff?

ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy doesn’t think so. Not with the Crimson Tide ranked No. 9 in the CFP rankings revealed Tuesday .

“At this point based on what we saw tonight, assuming Alabama doesn’t get steamrolled by 28 points, 21 points plus, I think Bama’s in the field regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s game,” McElroy said on ESPN. “They can only enhance their resume with a win against Georgia for a second time and possibly get all the way up to the point where they’re in the five spot,

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