Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide are chasing the program’s nineteenth national title this season, and his seventh with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Saban returns one of his most talented rosters to date, so it isn’t wild to think that he will ascend to the peak of the college football world once again.
As of right now, it seems like a four-team race for the national title alongside Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State. Of those four, one had a down year, one won a national title and the other was loaded with young, inexperienced talent, a situation the Crimson Tide found itself in, as well.
Here are five reasons the Tide stands alone at the top and will get another national title in 2022.