Can Alabama football still make the College Football Playoff after losing to Oklahoma?

Alabama football’s College Football Playoff hopes took a dive Saturday in the loss to Oklahoma. But the CFP ship may not have sunk yet.

Alabama (8-3, 4-3 SEC) suffered its third loss of the season, a 24-3 loss to Oklahoma, leaving the Crimson Tide’s chances of making the first 12-team playoff appearance looking bleak. But according to the All-State Playoff Predictor, there’s still a chance.

The predictor, shown on the SEC Network Saturday night, gives Alabama a 31% chance to reach the CFP, which ranks 12th best of any program.

Here are the percentages from Saturday night, according to the forecaster:

1. Oregon: more than 99%
2. Ohio State: more than 99%
3. Penn State: 99%
4. Indiana: 98%
5. Texas: 96%
6. Notre Dame: 91%
7. Georgia: 90%
8. Miami: 78%
9. Tennessee: 72%
10. Boise State: 72%
11. SMU: 63%
12. Alabama: 31%

The road became much tougher. But there is still a way. And it is difficult to say what the committee will do.

That answer will not come until a few weeks from now. So for now, Alabama has to figure out how to fix everything that went wrong in the loss to Oklahoma. If the Crimson Tide don’t, it doesn’t matter, there’s still a 31% chance to make the playoffs.

“We have to play better,” Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said. “We have to be better in every way. Some simple things and characteristic things that happened early in the game where we didn’t get the momentum on our side.