What was learned from conference championship weekend: The 12-team playoff cannot come fast enough

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As soon as Alabama won the SEC championship Saturday night, the college football world knew the next 24 hours would be chaotic. 

Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide defeated Georgia, a team that had won 29 straight games and back-to-back national championships, to become a one-loss Power 5 champion. 

Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs 27-24 in the SEC championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Dec. 2, 2023, in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

The win was the 11th straight for Alabama and came against a team that the College Football Playoff committee had ranked as the top team in the country the past three weeks. 

All that was needed for the committee to be put in a no-win situation was for Florida State to defeat Louisville to finish off an undefeated season and take home the ACC championship. 

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The Seminoles did so with a third-string freshman quarterback under center, setting up a long night for the playoff committee. 

In the final year of the four-team playoff, the committee was presented with the impossible task of choosing four teams to compete for the national championship. 

In doing so, deserving teams would be left out in the cold. 

The committee ranked Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama as the four top teams in the nation on Sunday, putting Florida State on the outside looking in. 

Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jordan Travis holds the ACC trophy with his teammates during the ACC championship game against the Louisville Cardinals Dec. 2, 2023, at Bank