After a week on the road with two big victories, the Crimson Tide came home to host cellar-dweller Mississippi State on Wednesday night. The Tide moved up to number two in the country in this weeks polls, but did not play like it tonight. Bama was due for an off game, and they had one, but somehow were able to pull out the victory. The Tide improved to 18-2 overall and 8-0 in the league in front of a packed crowd in Coleman Coliseum. MSU fell to 12-8 and 1-7 in the SEC. The narrow win was the teams first SEC game win of less than 12 points.