3. Coaches Poll 2021: Alabama’s All-Time Reload
Take just a moment and realize what a total monster Alabama really is.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s really good, Nick Saban owns the college football world, Alabama is a preseason national title contender given, and on and on and on.
However, it was just ranked No. 1 in the 2021 preseason Coaches Poll after losing an ungodly amount of talent from the 2020 national champion team.
More than that, Alabama received 63 first place votes, and Oklahoma – with two – is the only other team to even get a look at the top spot.
Did 2020 LSU get the benefit of the doubt after 14 players were drafted? Not really. It started last year ranked fifth.
Again, Alabama annihilated everyone in first place votes, and that’s after losing a Heisman-winning wide receiver (DeVonta Smith), a wide receiver drafted ahead of the Heisman winner (Jaylen Waddle), the soon-to-be New England Patriot starting quarterback (Mac Jones), and the Pittsburgh Steeler starting running back (Najee Harris).
Overall, Alabama is in the top spot after giving away six first round picks to the NFL, eight of the top 38 selections, and with ten players drafted overall.
No big whoop. No. 1. 63 first place votes. Move along.
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