🏈 Did you know? This is the 138th time Bama has been ranked #1. All other SEC schools combined? 150.

[TerryP]

Color me shocked. I didn't know there was that much disparity.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

......Bama ......
Roll Tide

 

[#80]

This is what we do greatest college program of all time.

 

[64Tide]

Bryant, Saban…nothing else to say.

 

[rick4bama]

Florida with it 41 more than likely didn't happen till after 1992?

 

[252BAMA]

Florida with it 41 more than likely didn't happen till after 1992?

First was in 1985. Second was 1994. UF wasn't that bad before then, they just weren't that good either. Their biggest hang up was UGA. The first 17 times they made it to the WLOCP still in contention for the SEC Championship, they were 0-17. One of those was the '85 game. They had finally made it to #1 in the AP Poll the previous week by beating 6th ranked Auburn. Lost to UGA the next week. They would not reach #1 again until '94. Ironically their seven weeks at #1 that year ended with a loss to 6th ranked Auburn.

 

[rick4bama]

@252BAMA didn't 1985 team had it strip from them?

 

[Bamabww]

WOW! Roll Tide!

 

[252BAMA]

@252BAMA didn't 1985 team had it strip from them?

That was '84, but I was wrong about '85 anyway because Florida was not eligible for the SEC title in '85. All UGA did in '85 was knock them out of NC contention. I will have to double check as to when 0-17 became 1-17 in regards to the SEC.

 

[TerryP]

I found it pretty neat watching Bama move up through the rankings.

 

[252BAMA]

I found it pretty neat to see the barn pop on several times and drop off like a rock. Largest drop off was around 1960.

 

[TerryP]

Y'all remember the "Crabtree game?" Texas Tech upsets Texas in 2008? It was that loss that propelled Bama back to its #1 ranking—first time since the win over Miami in January of '93.

Here's what's crazy. When Bama made it to #1 again I started looking at how long it had been since the Tide had been this high during the regular season. As I recall, it seems like I had to go back to the 1980 season.