The 10 Greatest College Football Teams Coached by Nick Saban

Perhaps it is a bold statement to make with only two-thirds of the regular season played, but at this point the 2016 Alabama team might end up being the best roster of Nick Saban’s two decades of coaching. Until they manage to finish the year, it is hard to place the team any higher than third on this list. Statistically this is currently the best team that Saban has ever fielded, but there are several variables that are likely to help normalize those figures back toward the mean, but the opportunity is there to climb up the list.

True freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts leads the most potent offense that Saban has yet enjoyed anywhere in his career. The defense is allowing fewer than 15 points per game, good for fourth nationally. Meanwhile the Tide have steamrolled a tough schedule that is among the half-dozen toughest in the country through eight games. A tough schedule the rest of the way puts them at risk for a defeat before the end of the year, but right now this year’s incarnation of the Tide is among Saban’s best ever.