The College Football Playoff committee once again ranked Alabama ahead of an ACC team with a superior record. A year after controversially making the four-team postseason over undefeated Florida State,

Coming out of the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, Alabama found itself in the field while Miami found itself out. And at least one ESPN analyst is heated over that fact. Stephen A. Smith made the case on ESPN’s First Take on Wednesday morning that Miami is more deserving of a playoff spot than Alabama.

It seems like this Alabama team has had analysts’ opinions on it change on a dime with every performance both good and bad. ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is just one of those analysts who has both backed and cast off the Crimson Tide at different points in the season,