Auburn Tigers (Football)

Alabama's Nick Saban has established a total-control, detail-oriented, evaluation-to-graduation system, and now that the Tide has won its second national title in three years, the imitators have arrived

They aren't the 2010 national champs, but they're better than the 2011 version. And that's progress

A new coach, a tougher D and a favorable schedule have the makings of Hog heaven

SI picks the top 25 players in the conference (offense, defense and specialists) plus their understudies

A football education imparted by his QB father Jeff Blake has made the pass catcher adept at his craft