The CFP officially begins this weekend with four first round games. Here are Roll Tide Wire's picks for each matchup.

Alabama lost just once the rest of the regular season (to Tennessee in late October) to clinch the SEC West title, while Florida won its final five SEC games to take the East. That set up a rematch in the SEC championship game, scheduled for Dec. 4 in Atlanta.

To Alabama defensive lineman Tim Keenan III, it comes down to the Crimson Tide's body of work: the top-25 victories, two of which came on the road; the SEC schedule Alabama had to navigate; the toughness Alabama has shown enough to show that the Crimson Tide "is supposed to be in the playoffs."