Happy Monday, everyone. Alabama rose a bit in the coaches’ poll after the narrow win over Arkansas.
Each team is assigned a numerical value attached to its ranking and both the Longhorns and Tide earned 1,078 votes. The electorate includes coaches around the country, including Nick Saban and Auburn’s Hugh Freeze. At least one voter placed Alabama as high as third.
In the Associated Press Top 25 poll, Alabama remained at 11.