Alabama looks to rebound after faltering late in a 34-24 loss at home to Texas last week.
Alabama and Texas came close to swapping places in the latest AP Top 25 College Football poll after the Crimson Tide lost to the Longhorns 34-24 Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama had its 21-game home winning streak snapped along with a 57-game regular-season binge against nonconference teams dating to Nick Saban’s debut season, 2007.
Both the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns have something to prove in Saturday night’s game.
Alabama has risen one place to No. 3 in the latest AP Top 25 College Football poll after its 56-7 season opening victory over Middle Tennessee State.
The Tide will now face No. 11 Texas next weekend.
Jalen Milroe will be Alabama’s starting quarterback against Middle Tennessee.
Alabama is No. 4 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll, the Crimson Tide’s lowest preseason ranking in more than a decade.
WAKA 8 Sports Director Lindsey Bonner was in Auburn and Tuscaloosa on Thursday to cover the opening of fall football camps for the Tigers and the Crimson Tide.
Auburn has picked up a five-star WR from Alabama after getting a star LB to flip from Georgia.
