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Alabama's remade defense gets its toughest test

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Don't let the disparity in rankings fool you. No. 1 Alabama isn't about to sleepwalk into unranked Ole Miss on Saturday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Not given the teams' recent history, and especially not given the way these Rebels have been putting up points of late.

Hugh Freeze may be gone and the torn-down goal post from that epic game in 2014 may be scattered in bits and pieces around Oxford, Mississippi, but what remains is the same high-flying passing game Freeze installed, which coach Matt Luke and offensive coordinator Phil Longo have taken to another level.