From Alabama’s 52-6 annihilation of USC in the season opener to the 54-16 gigging of the Florida Gators in the SEC championship game, Alabama has been the best team in the nation.
Nick Saban has the clear-cut No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, the only undefeated team in a Power Five conference. Alabama is a 14-point favorite over Washington in the semifinals. If the Tide wins, it will be favored over Ohio State, which defeated Alabama in the 2014 playoffs, or Clemson, which lost a shootout to the Tide in last season’s title game.