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This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.The Alabama Crimson Tide are 4-0, but something feels like this team isn’t quite as impressive as past years.They haven’t won a National Championship since the 2020 season.
Since Nick Saban has left, they are 24-8, including this year’s 4-0 start.Certainly things have gotten more difficult for all teams, but Alabama’s success is slipping away as they continue to search for a new identity under Ken DeBoer.PAUL FINEBAUM’S PROCLAMATION ABOUT ALABAMA COACH KALEN DEBOER REIGNITES COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘CULTURE FIT’ DEBATEAlabama quarterback Keelon Russell makes a sidearm throw around South Carolina edge rusher Dylan Stewart at Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Sept.
26, 2026.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)So far, the team is ranked 7th in the nation, but they face a tough schedule ahead.
This is the first of four games against ranked opponents in five weeks.This could be a trap week as well because they have Georgia at home next week, always one of the toughest teams in the country, and one of the toughest games on their schedule each season.
Keelon Russell, the team’s quarterback, has looked solid in the past two games, throwing for seven touchdown passes and 685 yards.If he can be a difference-maker at the position, I expect Alabama to make a real run at the National Championship.The Mississippi State Bulldogs are 4-0 and currently the 16th ranked team in the country.
They haven’t had an especially difficult schedule to start the season, but they did have a challenge last week as they beat Missouri.It was probably best for them that they were hosting the game, but even as the home team, it feels like Mississippi State is a tier below the top College Football Playoff teams.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERE...