Alabama Football’s Shocking No. 13 AP Ranking: The Hidden Flaws That Could Rewrite the Season
If you told me Alabama football would start the 2026 preseason ranked outside the top ten, I might have thought someone was pulling my leg — or maybe mixing up their decades. But here we are: Kalen DeBoer’s Crimson Tide steps into Year Three with a preseason AP Top 25 placement at a modest 13. That’s the lowest Alabama’s been since 2008, a year that predates many current fans’ memories. After an 11-4 rollercoaster last year, capped by a tough Rose Bowl loss to Indiana, the expectation remains sky-high. Yet the polls, those ever-watchful arbiters, don’t seem quite convinced. Why is that? Could it simply be the quarterback conundrum or shaky offensive lines, or is there something more at play? Let’s unravel why the Tide’s underrated rank might just be the biggest blunder of the preseason — and why they’re poised to send the doubters packing sooner than later. LEARN MORE.

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