Kalen DeBoer’s team had a glorified bye week in Week 12 as they throttled FCS opponent Mercer. UA has now won 3 in a row after dropping a game to Tennessee back in October. That loss to Tennessee, paired with a loss to Vanderbilt, are the only blemishes on the Tide’s resume.

As a result of their blowout 52-7 victory over Mercer, the Alabama Crimson Tide saw some change in the latest rankings Sunday, rising two spots in both the AP and US LBM Coaches Polls'. In addition to this,

Much of the week has been spent pouring over SEC tiebreaker rules and trying to apply them to the season's remaining regular season games. Before Saturday's slate of games, one very realistic scenario had an eight-team first place SEC tie going down.