There’s only one more Saturday between us and Alabama football. One more sign that we are getting closer came today when the AP released their Preseason Top 25 poll.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will begin the season as the third-ranked team in the country. The defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes claim the top spot and the TCU Horned Frogs fall between them and the Tide at number two.
This will be the 24th season that Alabama has started the football season ranked in the top five of the poll. If the Tide is to reach the top spot at the end of the season, they will have to beat seven teams during the regular season that are ranked in the first poll of the year.