Ranking every Alabama College Football Playoff game of the four-team era
Michigan knocked out Alabama in the Rose Bowl to end the Crimson Tide's storied run of dominance over the four-team CFP era, but where does it rank among the best games in Alabama CFP history?
By Josh Yourish
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11. 2021 Rose Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 31 No. 4 Notre Dame 14
DeVonta Smith had just won the Heisman trophy and he proved that he deserved it with seven catches for 130 yards and three touchdowns against the Fighting Irish. Alabama got out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and in the fourth led by 31-7 in the fourth quarter. Ian Book added a garbage time rushing TD to make this game look closer than it was.