Pop quiz: Which team, once coached by Bear Bryant, currently leads its Southeastern Conference division?
If you sniffed out the trick nature of the question, congratulations. There are two teams that match this definition. One, of course, is Alabama, the perennial juggernaut that Bryant both played for and coached. The Crimson Tide, college football’s defending champion, are ranked first and are 8-0 as they head into a crucial Saturday night game against No. 4 Louisiana State (7-1) in Baton Rouge, La.
The other, Kentucky, where Bryant coached in the 1940s and ’50s, is tied for first place in the SEC East.