How in the hell is Louisville not closer to top 4

[Alsacs]

Alabama has played 2 road nonconference games in the Saban Era.
2010- at Duke
2011- at Penn State

They have mastered the neutral site games in Atlanta and Dallas. They don't lose games to only SEC teams because they only play 1 P5 team in the non conference and they don't play road games.
It is a genius maneuver by Saban.

 

[NashvilleOrange]

At this point, just about every P5 school has another P5 school on their non-conference schedule. . You have Ole Miss playing FSU, Auburn playing Clemson, Bama playing USC, Tennesse playing VT, etc. etc. Plus the SEC East vs ACC rivalries to end the season.