When was the last time Alabama wasn't ranked in the top 25?
Alabama has remained ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 since the second-to-last poll of 2010 — until now.
However, Alabama held on to its top-10 ranking and its streak of weeks ranked in the top 10. The Crimson Tide has a streak of 120 straight polls ranked no worse than 10. That is the second longest such streak in the history of AP poll, behind Miami (1985-93).
That's the first time the team has been ranked outside of the top five teams since 2019 when they finished at No.
Alabama was the only school to appear in each of the first five Playoffs. The Tide lost to Ohio State in the semifinals in their 2014 debut before advancing to the title game the next four years. Alabama missed the 2019 College Football Playoff, but rebounded with another national championship in 2020.
Alabama hasn't lost to an unranked team since falling to Louisiana Monroe in 2007. Since then, the Tide have won a record 87 consecutive games against unranked teams heading into Saturday's game against … you guessed it, …
Henry's position coach targets top job with Titans' help. The Tide's latest top-five run is only the third longest of the Saban era. The Tide's 68 straight top-five appearances from 2015-19 is the AP poll record, and a string of 48 consecutive top-five rankings from 2011-13 is tied for fourth.
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The All-Time Associated Press Poll Has a New No. 1.
Alabama football dropped to No. 9 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday. The Crimson Tide was No.
| 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football | |
|---|---|
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 10–3 (5–3 SEC) |
- 2010 - Loss at LSU. Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images. ...
- 2010 - Loss vs Auburn. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. ...
- 2011 - Loss vs LSU. ...
- 2012 - Loss vs Texas A&M. ...
- 2013 - Loss at Auburn. ...
- 2014 - Loss at Ole Miss. ...
- 2015 - Loss vs Ole Miss. ...
- 2017 - Loss at Auburn.
What was Alabama ranked in 2015?
The 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Crimson Tide's 121st overall season, 82nd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 24th within the SEC Western Division.
Head coach Frank Thomas led Alabama to a perfect 10-0 record, and capped the season with a 29-13 victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Alabama claims 16 national championships in football since 1925.
Alabama football dropped to No. 9 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday. The Crimson Tide was No.
Alabama accepted an invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl, lost to Oklahoma 45–31 and finished the season ranked seventh in the AP poll.
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List of college football teams by weekly appearances atop AP poll.
| Rank | 1 |
|---|---|
| Team | Alabama |
| Weeks | 140 |
| First appearance | 1961 |
| Most recent appearance | 2022 |
Not only do the Longhorns have a winning record against the Crimson Tide, they have the best record of any team that has faced Alabama more than once outside of Rice (3-0). Texas is 7-1 in the series.
They've labeled Alabama an underdog three times over 13 seasons: the 2009 SEC championship against Florida; a 2015 regular season game against Georgia; and last month's SEC title game against Georgia. The Tide won those games by 19, 28 and 17 points, respectively, and never lost thereafter.
Through the 2020 season, Alabama has compiled an official overall record of 929 wins, 331 losses, 43 ties and has appeared in 73 bowl games, with the most recent appearance and win coming in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship.