The Alabama Crimson Tide, winners of five national championships in the last nine years, have had an exceptionally dominant first month of the 2018 season. They're off to the kind of start that suggests they may be better than any other team Nick Saban has fielded to date.
Alabama's defense has allowed a paltry 0.7 points per drive through the first five games of the season, within striking distance of their remarkably stifling 2011 defense that allowed only 0.5 points per drive over the course of its championship campaign. The 2011 Crimson Tide were merely solid on offense (20th in offensive points per drive) whereas this version of Alabama's traditionally dominant defense is paired with an exceptionally efficient offense.