Nick Saban gave his thoughts on the recent upsets in the SEC, which included Alabama football losing to Oklahoma.

Former Alabama football head coach Nick Saban believes the Crimson Tide are a long shot to make the playoff this year.

"Because (of) their win over Georgia," CFP selection chair Warde Manuel said. "They won against Missouri. They've beat South Carolina and they won at LSU in a dominant fashion. So when you put those four wins against, you know, Mississippi and what they did ... when we compare resumes, that's how we saw it."

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban shared his thoughts on some of the issues with college football on Wednesday.

Saban gave an example, asking what the Ole Miss Rebels' record (currently 8-3) would be if it played in the Big 12 rather than the SEC. He then said these subjective issues are "never going to change" unless college football changes its style to mirror that of the NFL.

Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, who previously played at Alabama under Nick Saban, offered a story to his former head coach about the difference

Alabama football is among teams whose College Football Playoff hopes are on life support. Ole Miss is another. Both dropped games they were favored to win this past weekend, and both SEC teams picked up their third losses on the season.

Nick Saban believes there will never be a perfect solution to the college football rankings dilemma with the current conference alignment.

Now that he's no longer coaching the team, Nick Saban is apparently done lobbying on Alabama's behalf. The retired head coach said Wednesday on The Pat

Nick Saban isn't exactly a fan of college football's new 12-team Playoff format. Appearing on the "Pat McAfee Show" Wednesday, the former Alabama coach gave his thoughts on the CFP bracket and some of its pitfalls.