October is generally the month where the contenders and pretenders begin to separate themselves in college football. Teams start getting into the meat of their conference slate and there are few cupcake games left.
This October sets up to be the same, especially in the SEC.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will play three consecutive ranked teams before their bye week. The gauntlet begins this weekend against the 16th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.
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Alabama is currently a 13 point favorite over the Razorbacks. However, Bret Bielema’s teams have played the Tide very tough the last two seasons.