As we hit the second half, it's time to start thinking about what teams need to do to make a playoff run or enter the conference championship mix. For some, it's fixing an issue on defense. For others, it's getting a key player back to health.
Here is the key second-half storyline for each Top 25 team:
No. 1 Alabama
Can someone -- anyone -- challenge the top-ranked Tide? Because with all due respect to the teams that came before, they just haven't done it. Not even Texas A&M, which was ranked the No. 22 team and lost by 22 points.