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I have not been able to find those quotes (i.e., that a conference championship loss will not cause a team to drop) despite looking, but have seen reference to them and agree something like that was probably said. But the criteria is what it is, and teams have been dropped in the past. Such as last year, SMU lost to Clemson, and dropped from 8 to 10. If Alabama gets absolutely smoked, I do think there is a chance they drop below us. I'm not sure how much a chance, but I do think it is more than zero.