We're a long way from handing out any trophies in college football, but if anyone should be sizing up for one, it's Nick Saban and Alabama. Even before the Tide defense ended Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois' season, it smothered the Seminoles and marked Alabama as the team to beat.
As if we didn't know already.
The Labor Day weekend went about as expected, with Florida State the only one among the top 15 to lose. Four of the bottom 10 took an "L" which will get things shuffling this week.
Offensively inept Florida stumbled badly on national TV, but the weekend went far worse for three major Texas schools.