Before spring ball started, I had Alabama right up there with Georgia, battling for the top spot nationally, but I’m taking a bit of a step back with that early reaction.
Instead, the quarterback play for the Crimson Tide scared me a bit and I think they’ll be sitting somewhere around No. 4 heading into the season. They did add Tyler Buchner from Notre Dame, joining Tommy Rees, but he didn’t exactly look like a world-beater in the Irish spring game.
If Jalen Milroe nor Ty Simpson can secure the starting job and Buchner takes over, I’m not so sure the Crimson Tide will be in the best spot. He was a highly-touted recruit, so maybe he just needed a fresh start with Alabama. Not too hard to succeed there as a quarterback.
The Crimson Tide have the biggest question marks attached to them after spring ball, but talent alone puts them at No. 4.