Another AL.com reporter and I have said this often to each other throughout the season, and the feeling is reinforced each time a Clemson loses to Syracuse or a Washington loses to Arizona State or a Washington State gets blown out by unranked California.
What we’ll say: There really just aren’t that many great teams in college football this year and there really aren’t many teams, if any, that look capable of beating Alabama if the Crimson Tide is actually locked in.
But what would the point spread be if Alabama played teams like Clemson, Penn State, Georgia or Ohio State?