Hard to believe that just eight games ago, Alabama was 17-9, boasted an RPI in the 20s, and was playing for the potential to earn as high as a four-line, doesn’t it?
The destruction of Tennessee at Coleman Coliseum was both the apex and the nadir of the season: It would never get better, and it signaled the beginning of a slide that saw the Tide lose its next five games. Alabama was able to stop the bleeding with another much needed Quadrant One victory over Texas A&M. That win ran the Tide’s RPI to 46, with a SOS between 5 and 13 (depending on the selector.