Here is Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer's pitch to the CFP committee why the Crimson Tide should make the College Football Playoff.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Kalen DeBoer’s first Iron Bowl was far from the back-and-forth of some shootouts of the past and lacked the theatrics of Nick Saban’s final act in the legendary rivalry last season. Even so, the first-year Alabama coach did something Saban could not: taste victory in his inaugural Alabama-Auburn showdown.

Alabama football's win over Auburn elicits a conversation from Kalen DeBoer whether the Crimson Tide belong the College Football Playoff.