It’s obvious that Alabama is the best team in college football. Right?
After the Crimson Tide went to Death Valley and shut out LSU for the third time this decade, the nation’s No. 1 team seemed to be more indisputable fact than debate. Yes, the team that racks up 51 points per game and allows just 14, that has steamrolled SEC opponents by an average of 34 points on the strength of the Heisman shoo-in and the greatest college football coach ever—yeah, that’s the best team in America.
But this week’s Coaches Poll came with a surprising nugget: One coach ranked Clemson, not Alabama, as the No.