With the new economics of college football, it’s hard to build the super-teams of years past. Although the amount may not be the same, every program has money to spend through revenue sharing, and the transfer portal allows players to move around to access it.
So, the best teams, even the SEC favorites, are going to have flaws; it’s virtually inevitable. Alabama’s biggest flaw this year has been the run game. The Crimson Tide are thin at running back after losing Justice Haynes to Michigan in the offseason, and Jam Miller has been injured for much of the year.