We are now 75% through the 2023 season, and I think it’s fair to assess teams on what they’ve done. Not their potential, whether they’ve passed some ephemeral eyeball test, what-ifs, or rewarding soft schedules.
That is why, for the first time on these pages in almost two years, our No. 1 team is...the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Why? They’ve simply done more. A lot more than anyone else in the country too, and have done so against the nation’s No. 1 SOS. Is it always a pretty team? Lord no. Is it a great team? Nope — it plays very average at time.