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re: Official In-Season Practice, Injury Reports and Press Conferences Thread: 12-0
Posted on 9/6/16 at 10:42 am to TideSaint
Posted on 9/6/16 at 10:42 am to TideSaint
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Pretty, pretty, pretty good start to the 2016 college football season, huh?
What was billed by many as the best opening week of competition ever didn't fail to live up to the hype, with great games from the Thursday openers to Monday's finale. Along the way, seven teams ranked in the Bleacher Report Top 25 lost, which means our first regular-season poll is going to look a lot different.
The Bleacher Report poll is voted on by 19 members of our college football staff: writers Ben Axelrod, Greg Couch, Tyler Donohue, Ed Feng, David Kenyon, Sanjay Kirpalani, Adam Kramer, Brian Pedersen, David Regimbal, Barrett Sallee, Damon Sayles, Brad Shepard, Greg Wallace and Christopher Walsh; video staff Michael Felder and Sean McManus; and editors Eric Bowman, Hunter Mandel and Eric Yates.
First-place votes are worth 25 points, with each subsequent vote worth one fewer point all the way down to one for 25th place. The 25 teams with the most poll points make our list, with the rest falling into the "others receiving votes" category.
Check out where everyone stands after one week of play, but remember there's still a long way to go.
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Posted on 9/6/16 at 10:43 am to TideSaint
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1. Alabama Crimson Tide
Poll points: 474 (18 first-place votes)
Last week's ranking: first
Week 1 result: Won 52-6 vs. USC (in Arlington, Texas)
Week 2 matchup: Sept. 10 vs. Western Kentucky
It doesn't look like Alabama (1-0) plans on giving up its spot atop the college football world anytime soon.
"Alabama was like a cross between the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the Rio Olympics and a pack of wild animals tearing apart a carcass," Bleacher Report's Christopher Walsh wrote of the Tide's 13th consecutive win.
The first quarter might have been a bit shaky, but once the Crimson Tide got going it was the usual display of defensive dominance and an offensive game that wears you into submission. And with a true freshman at quarterback, it's skewing even younger than ever.
Jalen Hurts, inserted late in the first quarter, fumbled on his first snap but then went on to throw for 118 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for two more.
The Tide ran for 242 yards, getting 138 from Damien Harris, had Marlon Humphrey's interception return for a TD and held USC to 194 yards.
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