(29.14) The beatdowns against Kentucky and South Carolina keep Alabama highly ranked for now, they will sink with each passing week as those games lose weight

2.170 [9.09-2.91]

GippyRank expected rank: 5.7. Central 80% interval: 2–10. Top-25 probability: 99.9%.

.830 rating, 5-2, SOS .696 (-8)

The AP Poll has five two-loss teams ranked, all from the SEC. Four of those deserve thorough questioning, but the same shouldn't be said for Alabama, which unlike any of the others, has both entirely excusable losses and a ranked win. That being said, when the Tide's weaknesses are this obvious *and* their resume is a bit underwhelming, I feel very hesitant still putting them in the top ten. Even with the AP's generosity towards the conference, Bama has just one ranked game left, and I'm increasingly worried that we'll be stuck with a 10-2 or 9-3 team that sits right on the fringe of the playoff yet again.

Good god, a green QB is showing. I thought the defense played well, we'll have to if its truly a schematic item that the QB will need to overcome or just Knowles being Knowles.

-6

Best 3 Wins: Mississippi State, Kentucky, Florida State.
2 Losses: Georgia, Tennessee.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. SEC, means more lol. Tennessee good? Alabama bad?

82.052 (5-2) -8, -7.662, The Tide's vaunted offense has been stifled the last two weeks.

-6

12. Alabama — Score: 0.211 | Results: 0.944, SOS Rank: #4, Quality: 0.168, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #8, Def Rk: #14

Thought DeBoer would change the perception on him this season LOL

29.99 - But more surprised by this... what is going on? HTH violation moves me to greatly disturbed.

5-2; wins over Kentucky, Mississippi State and Florida State; losses are to Georgia and Tennessee.

[5-2, 3-2 SEC] (-8) | SOR: #12 | Notable Results: W 45-17 @ #14 Kentucky [6-1], W 56-23 @ DO/HM Mississippi State [4-2], L 17-20 vs #10 Georgia [6-1], L 10-26 @ #7 Tennessee [6-1] |

Paul Finebaum can thank Kalen DeBoer and his staff for following up the close Georgia loss with a comprehensive beatdown on all fronts courtesy of the hated Volunteers for why his show probably gained some extra views and attention earlier this week. The Crimson Tide are only kept here due to their blowout wins against Kentucky and Mississippi State, and they need to resolve their offensive woes before considering themselves true contenders once again.

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Score 75.49 (▼ 10.42) | Place Change: ▼ 13 | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 29th | SoS Composite Rank: 2nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 15th | Penalties Composite Rank: 65th | Yardage Composite Rank: 41st | Turnover Composite Rank: 37th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 23rd | Other Stats Rank: 23rd

89.86 | -14

(-10) The first time losing two games in a row since Saban’s debut season. That was 20 fucking years ago, Christ. I said last week Russell looked like a 5 star freshman, both the 5 star and the freshman parts. This week… pretty much only looking at the freshman part. Maybe even high school senior would be more appropriate. Also, similarly to ND, this secondary is WAY too talented to get embarrassed like that. Also similarly to ND, their coordinators are fucking hacks who shouldn’t currently have jobs

LW: #5

-12

-13; just when I think DeBoer has earned some grace with the reactions in the Georgia game, they do....... that. That's how you respond after adversity??????? JFC. Fire Ryan Grubb to Neptune immediately. If DeBoer refuses, send him on the ship too

Bucket D is the remaining teams with quality wins that deserve to be ranked.

Alabama only has one quality win, over Kentucky, and losses to Georgia and Tennessee. The win is by far the best of any remaining teams, and the losses aren't bad by any means, but its still 2 losses.

Alabama losses their second in a row. While they were able to hold Tennessee to only field goals the Tennessee defense was suffocating and while there was some doubt as to how this game would turn out there wasn't that much. Tennessee simply dominated this game. And the Tennessee running game ground down the Alabama defense to pull away in the end. Georgia's loss to Auburn further solidifies my thought that the SEC is the most cannibalistic conference this year with a lack of true dominant teams. Alabama is the highest ranked two loss team for me.

Similar story to Texas, except the wins aren't as good (albeit by much more convincing margins) and the losses are to better teams.

(-9)

This was not the game for Russell, who has generally looked pretty decent this year. Will their season / lockerroom collapse or rally from this point?

2-loss

-3

They did lose to Tennessee but the Vols are better than people think. I will still put them behind Georgia, but I expect a SEC championship rematch coming soon.

net elo off def ridge fei
+18.3 +21.7 39.9 18.2 +22.9 +10.2

120-9-8

(4)

(64.15, -7) Back-to-back emotional losses against the upper echelon of the SEC for the Tide. Is Alabama missing Coleman-Williams that badly or are they just among the upper-middle class of jumbled SEC teams? The Tide get a struggling A&M in Tuscaloosa next.

Tier 3.

Back to back losses for the first time in a long time. The Crimson Tide probably have to win out to salvage the season.

55.34%

Close loss to Georgia places them just behind. Dominant win over Kentucky, just below them, but a pretty bad loss to now #6 Tennessee. Highest ranked two-loss team.

Alabama now has two losses, but beat Kentucky and Miss St

v9

1 quality loss to Georgia, 1 okay loss to Tennessee, good win over Kentucky, dominant win over Miss State.

-11

A brutal loss to Tennessee marks 2 in a row. Looking over Alabama’s season to date, their key win has been the win over Kentucky. With a win over Mississippi State also serving as a solid resume point.

(−10½) GS .810, TS 2050: 50.9% #14 Kentucky + 30.4% #21 Mississippi State + 18.7% #25 South Carolina = 54.0% #18 Georgia + 46.0% #15 Tennessee.

lmao

I think bama wins out. they're a good team, with some bad luck against UGA and now an emotional down this week.

-14 - Bama is kept up somewhat by the Kentucky win, but Tennessee clearly beating them also contributed to this hard drop.

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