Alabama Jumps to Highest Ranking in 15 Years
Associated Press
2008-09-29 10:27:53.0
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Come on, Alabama fans. Not in your wildest dreams did any of you really believe Nick Saban would turn things around this quickly?
Just five games into his second season, the Crimson Tide has returned to a spot in the college football hierarchy that it used to take for granted, climbing to No. 2 in The Associated Press rankings Sunday.
There's little doubt Saban has restored a sense of order to a program that endured on-the-job training for Mike DuBose and Mike Shula, the spurning by Dennis Franchione, and the alleged shenanigans of Mike Price.
But Alabama turned in perhaps the most impressive performance of the young season on Saturday night, going on the road to pummel a Georgia team that started the season No. 1.
The Crimson Tide (5-0, 2-0 SEC) was up 31-0 by halftime, and the 41-30 final wasn't nearly that close. Even though Georgia tacked on a couple of late touchdowns, this was Alabama all the way.
Alabama hasn't been ranked this high by the AP since it was No. 2 for the first eight polls of the 1993 season, coming off a national championship the previous year.
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