In 2022, Alabama may have won a New Year’s Six bowl game, but Tide fans were disappointed the program didn’t get to compete for a national championship.
Nick Saban’s team was ranked No. 5 heading into the playoffs, making it the first program left out of the playoffs.
Two regular-season losses, one to Tennessee and the other to LSU, are to blame for Alabama’s derailed championship hopes.
As the 2023 season approaches, the Crimson Tide’s schedule has a few difficult games that could serve as road blocks on the team’s quest to return to the playoffs.
Here are five teams that could put Alabama on upset watch and my rating of hot or cold on how likely it is to actually happen.