No. 4 Alabama Is Looking to Avoid a Potential Trap Game on the Road at South Carolina

No. 4 Alabama is looking to avoid a potential trap game on the road at South Carolina

Alabama has climbed to No. 4 in the nation after four straight wins against ranked SEC opponents. The Crimson Tide now are eyeing a run at a potential national championship.

How relative performance statistics can forecast Alabama-South Carolina

With a top-to-bottom standard of quality football teams — 12 of the 16 members of the conference are ranked in the ESPN FPI top 30, more than any other league — conference play becomes an unavoidable gauntlet where teams can only hope they don’t draw matchups with all the top contenders. Alabama and South Carolina have both been short on luck with such hopes this season. In the Week 9 AP Top 25, nine SEC teams are in the top 20; going into Satur…

National predictions ahead of South Carolina-Alabama

South Carolina football will take on Alabama on Saturday. Here are some national predictions heading into the SEC showdown.

5 things Alabama must do to avoid a big letdown and win at South Carolina

When Alabama walks into Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday afternoon, it will see an unranked team on the other side of the field for the first time in 42 days. That’s 6 weeks. And that’s a really long time to wait without facing a team with a number next to its name. During that interminable time, Alabama has done a little something about its own ranking, methodically inching up the AP Poll to No. 4 after that Week 1 loss at Florida State left …