re: Official In-Season Practice, Injury Reports and Press Conferences Thread: 12-0

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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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