Alabama Football Rises, Remains in Polls After Arkansas Win
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Fresh off a 24-21 win over Arkansas, the Alabama Crimson Tide made some moves in the polls.
The Crimson Tide (6-1, 4-0 SEC) was aided by losses from Oregon and USC — which both lost on the road Saturday.
Alabama now sits at No. 8 in the Coaches Poll, tied with Texas — which beat the Crimson Tide on Sept. 9.
"I'll tell you like I told the team, it's great to win," head coach Nick Saban said after the game on Saturday. "It's great to be where we are in the SEC relative to how we've progressed. But there's a difference between beating the other team and winning the game. We played pretty well in the game up till 24-6, which was about halfway through the third quarter, and then we didn't finish."
"Hopefully, we can learn how to beat the other team, not just win the game, but how to beat the other team — which means you have to play for 60 minutes, you have to execute and do it one play at a time for 60 minutes in the game."
Week 8 Coaches Poll
- (1) Georgia
- (2) Michigan
- (3) Ohio State
- (4) Florida State
- (5) Washington
- (6) Penn State
- (7) Oklahoma
- (T8) Texas
- (T8) Alabama
- (10) North Carolina
- (11) Oregon
- (12) Ole Miss
- (13) Oregon State
- (14) Utah
- (15) Tennessee
- (16) USC
- (17) Duke
- (18) Notre Dame
- (19) LSU
- (20) Missouri
- (21) Louisville
- (22) Air Force
- (23) Iowa
- (24) Tulane
- (25) UCLA
However, Alabama didn't move from No. 11 in the AP Top 25.
Week 8 AP Poll
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Ohio State
- Florida State
- Washington
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- Texas
- Oregon
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Oregon State
- Ole Miss
- Utah
- Notre Dame
- Duke
- Tennessee
- USC
- LSU
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Air Force
- Tulane
- Iowa
- UCLA
The No. 10, No. 11 Crimson Tide hosts No. 15, No. 17 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
