Tuesday’s latest AP Poll and Coaches Poll moved the Alabama Crimson Tide up one spot to No. 3. Georgia got 57 1st place votes, with Ohio State getting five in the AP Poll.
In the Coaches Poll, the Bulldogs got 51 1st place votes; Ohio State got three and Texas got one. No other teams received first-place votes in either poll.
The USC Trojans got the biggest bump up in each poll.
USC moved up 10 spots in the AP Poll to No. 13 and moved up nine spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 14.
The other big movers in the opposite direction were Clemson and LSU.
Clemson dropped 11 spots in the AP Poll to No. 25 and dropped eight spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 22.
The Bengal Tigers dropped five spots in the AP Poll to No. 18 and seven spots in the Coaches Poll to No. 19.
Now, Golesh and his USF team are making the return trip to Tuscaloosa on Saturday.
It’s a new era in Alabama, with Kalen DeBoer taking over the Tide, but UA is going to get a dose of Golesh’s fast-paced offense.
“I think he does a tremendous job,” Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack said Monday.
“Those guys are very detailed in what they do in the run game.
They have a lot of volume in the run game, they do a number of things in terms of finding space in their passing game.
They create space with lateral alignments.
“You’re going to see those big, wide splits that we’ve seen over the last couple of years from this style of offense, and then find different windows in the passing game be it through the drop back, play action or through the RPOs. We’ve got our work cut out.”
USF ran roughshod over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday to open its 2024 season. The Bulls won 48-3, putting up 403 total yards in the process.
Crimson Tide cornerback Domani Jackson said the Tide has been going fast in practice in an attempt to replicate the South Florida attack.
