Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne hinted at changes to how the Crimson Tide would handle non-conference scheduling going forward after being eliminated from the College Football Playoff.

The College Football Playoff Committee selected SMU over Alabama for the final overall spot in the college football postseason, which didn’t sit well with Byrne, who expressed his disappointment on social media.

“I was disappointed with the result and felt we were one of the top 12 teams in the country. “We have had an extremely challenging schedule and are aware that there were two games in particular where we did not perform as well as we should have,” he wrote in a lengthy statement on X.

Byrne then suggested that the committee’s decision would impact how Alabama would schedule games, one of which he said would not be good for the sport as a whole.

“We have said we need to see how the strength of the schedule is assessed by the CFP,” he said. “With this result, we need to (assess) how many non-conference P4 games make sense in the future to put us in the best position to compete in the CFP. This is not good for college football.”

The decision not to include Alabama in the playoffs means they will participate in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan on Dec. 31 in Tampa, giving the two schools a chance for a rematch after last year’s Rose Bowl.

Alabama finished 9-3 this year and had its 11th-best strength of all time, according to ESPN.

SMU’s record strength ranked 15th nationally.

College Football Playoff Committee Chairman Warde Manuel said during the ESPN selection show that Alabama’s surprising losses played a role in their decision-making.

“We looked at the number of wins Alabama had against ranked opponents,” Manuel said, according to Sports Illustrated. “We looked at SMU’s schedule and saw that they were undefeated in the conference. Their losses came against ranked teams. We also looked at Alabama’s losses to unranked teams and there was quite a debate.”