The 10 Greatest College Football Teams Coached by Nick Saban

Dec 6, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; Missouri Tigers safety Braylon Webb (9) forces Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Amari Cooper (9) out of bounds in the first quarter of the 2014 SEC Championship at the Georgia Dome. Alabama beat Missouri 42-13. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

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The 2011 Alabama team won Nick Saban’s third national championship and the second in two seasons for the Tide. The team opened November with a 9-6 overtime defeat at home to LSU, costing them the chance at an SEC championship, but the BCS formula ended up calculating Alabama into the national championship game anyway. Facing off in a rematch against the Bayou Bengals, Saban and the Crimson Tide shut out their rivals 21-0 for the victory in New Orleans.

That year Trent Richardson finished third in the Heisman voting, the leader of an offense that averaged five touchdowns per game. The defense, quarterbacked by Dont’a Hightower at linebacker, held opponents to just 8.2 points per game — the only time yet that a Saban defense has held its competition under 10 points per game over the course of an entire season. Undefeated in regulation, this team managed to avenge its only loss of the year for the crystal pigskin.

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