The University of Alabama football program is in a familiar spot for the first time since 2009.
USA Today unveiled its Top 25 Preseason Coaches Poll and Alabama debuts at No. 5.
Nick Saban had the Crimson Tide ranked in the same position heading into his third season as head coach. Alabama parlayed the moment into winning a Southeastern Conference Championship, a BCS National Championship, and crowning the school’s first-ever Heisman Trophy winner in Mark Ingram. Kalen DeBoer, the Tide’s new head coach, has his sights set on big things.
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Two SEC schools are ahead of Alabama — Georgia and Texas — and the Crimson Tide plays the Bulldogs in week five of the regular season at Bryant-Denny Stadium.