Although the top portion of the rankings stayed relatively steady after Week 12 of college football, the perception of Alabama has changed dramatically.
Unfortunately for fans of good football and struggling NFL teams, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured a season-ending injury. His 2019 campaignu2015and most likely his college careeru2015is over because of a dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture, per Aaron Suttles of The Athletic.
Now, the Crimson Tide's chances of reaching the College Football Playoff are slim. The same goes for Minnesota, which suffered its first loss of the year in a letdown at Iowa.