The Alabama Crimson Tide start the 2022 college football season ranked No. 1 in the Coaches Poll and as preseason favorites to win the national title. With the greatest coach in the history of college football at the helm and the reigning Heisman Trophy winner under center, all the hype is certainly warranted.
However, the Crimson Tide will have to maneuver through one of the most difficult college football schedules, including a brutal six-game stretch of at Arkansas, vs. Texas A&M, at Tennessee, vs. Mississippi State, at LSU and at Ole Miss. Alabama will also face preseason top-25 Texas Longhorns who received one vote to be ranked No. 1 in the Coaches Poll.
Even though this may be one of the best Alabama rosters of all time, they will certainly be tested. Here are the five games that could give Alabama the most trouble.