Top 25 Rankings

While the AP (Associated-Press) top 25 did not have Alabama in their top 25 teams, Alabama received an impressive 173 votes, which is the most of any team outside of the top 25. Alabama has not been in the top 25 in the AP poll since November of 2017.

The No. 1 ranked Clemson Tigers had their yearly close win against an unranked team in the disappointing Atlantic Coast Conference. After squeaking out a win from a then 4-2 Boston College squad, it’s clear to me that a competitive 2020 College Football Playoff shouldn’t include the Clemson Tigers.

Alabama softball heads into the final weekend of the regular season ranked No. 14 in the USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 15 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, released Tuesday. The Crimson Tide dropped one spot in each poll from last week. No new teams entered or fell from the top 10 in either poll this week, with Florida, Florida State, Arizona, Minnesota and Oregon holding the top five spots in each