With 72, Alabama had more of its former players on the field during the NFL’s 2023 regular season than any other college program. The Crimson Tide is carrying that honor into the playoffs.

With the NFL postseason starting on Saturday, Alabama has 27 of its former players on the active rosters of the 14 playoff teams. That’s two more than Georgia and seven more than Notre Dame and Ohio State, which are next on the list.

But that doesn’t assure Alabama representation at Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas. On the AFC side of the Super Bowl bracket, Alabama has players on five of the seven teams. On the NFC side, the Tide is on three teams.

Only one college program is assured of having a former player at Super Bowl LVIII, based the current active rosters of the 14 postseason teams. LSU has a former player on all seven of the AFC teams.

The colleges with the most spread across the postseason are Florida, Notre Dame and Ohio State, who have alumni on 11 teams apiece.

Almost two-thirds of Alabama’s players are on three teams. The Philadelphia Eagles have seven former Crimson Tide standouts and the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins have five apiece.

Fourteen of the past 15 Super Bowls have featured at least one former Alabama player on the field. The exception was Super Bowl LV, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 7, 2021. Former Tide tight end O.J. Howard was on injured reserve and couldn’t play for the Bucs.

Auburn has eight former players on the active rosters of the playoff teams, Samford and South Alabama have two apiece and Jacksonville State, UAB and West Alabama have one each.

Every SEC team has at least four players in the postseason. With 165 players with SEC alma maters, the conference fills 22 percent of the active-roster slots.

The postseason active rosters also include 26 former Alabama high school stars.

The players with Alabama football roots on the rosters of the playoff teams include:

AFC

Baltimore Ravens

· Injured reserve: Jalyn Armour-Davis, cornerback, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Alabama

· Malik Cunningham, quarterback, Park Crossing

· Practice squad: Tyrell Doss, guard, Aliceville

· Marlon Humphrey, cornerback, Hoover, Alabama

· Practice squad: Tashawn Manning, guard, Auburn

· Jeremiah Moon, linebacker, Hoover

· Michael Pierce, defensive tackle, Daphne, Samford

Buffalo Bills

· Injured reserve: Damien Harris, running back, Alabama

· Siran Neal, cornerback, Eufaula, Jacksonville State

· Practice squad: Tyrell Shavers, wide receiver, Alabama

Cleveland Browns

· Amari Cooper, wide receiver, Alabama

· Mohamoud Diabate, linebacker, Auburn High

· Jerome Ford, running back, Alabama

· Practice squad: Alex Leatherwood, offensive lineman, Alabama

· Za’Darius Smith, outside linebacker, Greenville

· Dalvin Tomlinson, defensive tackle, Alabama

· Practice squad: Austin Watkins, wide receiver, UAB

· Injured reserve: Jedrick Wills Jr., offensive tackle, Alabama

· Alex Wright, defensive end, Elba, UAB

Houston Texans

· Will Anderson Jr., defensive end, Alabama

· Nico Collins, wide receiver, Clay-Chalkville

· Injured reserve: Tank Dell, wide receiver, Alabama A&M

· Christian Harris, linebacker, Alabama

· Injured reserve: Tytus Howard, offensive tackle, Monroe County, Alabama State

· Kareem Jackson, safety, Alabama

· John Metchie III, wide receiver, Alabama

· Henry To’oTo’o, linebacker, Alabama

· Injured reserve: Jimmie Ward, safety, Davidson

· Injured reserve: Kilian Zierer, offensive tackle, Auburn

Kansas City Chiefs

· Practice squad: Isaiah Buggs, defensive lineman, Alabama

· Neil Farrell Jr., defensive tackle, Murphy

· Practice squad: Chris Oladokun, quarterback, Samford

· La’Mical Perine, running back, Theodore

· Practice squad: Gerrit Prince, tight end, UAB

· Justyn Ross, wide receiver, Central-Phenix City

· Kadarius Toney, wide receiver, Blount

· Injured reserve: Prince Tega Wanogho, offensive tackle, Edgewood Academy, Auburn

· Practice squad: Montrell Washington, wide receiver, Samford

Miami Dolphins

· Lester Cotton, guard, Central-Tuscaloosa, Alabama

· Practice squad: Byron Cowart, defensive lineman, Auburn

· Raekwon Davis, defensive tackle, Alabama

· Da’Shawn Hand, defensive lineman, Alabama

· Tyreek Hill, wide receiver, West Alabama

· Practice squad: Anthony Schwartz, wide receiver, Auburn

· Tua Tagovailoa, quarterback, Alabama

· Jaylen Waddle, wide receiver, Alabama

Pittsburgh Steelers

· Montravius Adams, defensive tackle, Auburn

· Injured reserve: Kwon Alexander, linebacker, Oxford

· Minkah Fitzpatrick, safety, Alabama

· Najee Harris, running back, Alabama

· George Pickens, wide receiver, Hoover

· Levi Wallace, cornerback, Alabama

NFC

Dallas Cowboys

· Injured reserve: Trevon Diggs, cornerback, Alabama

· Noah Igbinoghene, cornerback, Hewitt-Trussville, Auburn

· Jalen Tolbert, wide receiver, McGill-Toolen, South Alabama

· Sam Williams, defensive end, Lee-Montgomery

Detroit Lions

· Brian Branch, defensive back, Alabama

· Jahmyr Gibbs, running back, Alabama

· Brodric Martin, defensive lineman, Northridge, North Alabama

· Jameson Williams, wide receiver, Alabama

Green Bay Packers

· Anders Carlson, kicker, Auburn

· Practice squad: Grant DuBose, wide receiver, Park Crossing

· Injured reserve: Rudy Ford, safety, New Hope, Auburn

· Practice squad: Zyon Gilbert, cornerback, Jeff Davis

· Practice squad: Kadeem Telfort, offensive tackle, UAB

· Colby Wooden, defensive lineman, Auburn

Los Angeles Rams

· Practice squad: Miller Forristall, tight end, Alabama

· Carson Tinker, long snapper, Alabama

Philadelphia Eagles

· Reed Blankenship, safety, West Limestone

· James Bradberry, cornerback, Pleasant Grove, Samford

· Zach Cunningham, linebacker, Pinson Valley

· Landon Dickerson, guard, Alabama

· Jack Driscoll, offensive lineman, Auburn

· Jalen Hurts, quarterback, Alabama

· Josh Jobe, cornerback, Alabama

· Julio Jones, wide receiver, Foley, Alabama

· Nicholas Morrow, linebacker, Huntsville

· Eli Ricks, cornerback, Alabama

· DeVonta Smith, wide receiver, Alabama

· Tyler Steen, offensive lineman, Alabama

· Quez Watkins, wide receiver, Athens

San Francisco 49ers

· Injured reserve: Cameron Latu, tight end, Alabama

· Darrell Luter Jr., cornerback, South Alabama

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

· K.J. Britt, inside linebacker, Oxford, Auburn

· Carlton Davis, cornerback, Auburn

· Jamel Dean, cornerback, Auburn

· Practice squad: Keenan Isaac, cornerback, Midfield, Alabama State

· Practice squad: Cephus Johnson III, wide receiver, Davidson, South Alabama

· Practice squad: Logan Stenberg, guard, James Clemens

The schedule for the Super Wild-Card Weekend of the NFL playoffs (with all times Central and point spreads from Catena):

Saturday, Jan. 13

· AFC: No. 5 Cleveland Browns (11-5) at No. 4 Houston Texans (10-7), 3:30 p.m. (NBC, Peacock, Telemundo) Line: Browns by 2

· AFC: No. 6 Miami Dolphins (11-6) at No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs (11-6), 7 p.m. (Peacock) Line: Chiefs by 4.5

Sunday, Jan. 14

· AFC: No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) at No. 2 Buffalo Bills (11-6), noon (CBS, Paramount+) Line: Bills by 9.5

· NFC: No. 7 Green Bay Packers (9-8) at No. 2 Dallas Cowboys (12-5), 3:30 p.m. (FOX, FOX Deportes) Line: Cowboys by 7

· NFC: No. 6 Los Angeles Rams (10-7) at No. 3 Detroit Lions (12-5), 7 p.m. (NBC, Peacock, Universo) Line: Lions by 3

Monday, Jan. 15

· NFC: No. 5 Philadelphia Eagles (11-6) at No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-8), 7 p.m. (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes) Line: Eagles by 3

Earning first-round byes as the No. 1 seeds for each conference were the San Francisco 49ers (12-5) in the NFC and the Baltimore Ravens (13-4) in the AFC.

The top two seeds in each conference begin postseason play in the Divisional Round on Jan. 20 and 21. The schedule for that round will be determined after the Super Wild-Card Weekend.

The conference championship games will be played on Jan. 28.

Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled be played at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. CBS will televise the game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.