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Amway Coaches Poll
Week 9
University of Alabama football has moved up to no. 9 in the lastest Amway Coaches Poll. There are five Southeastern Conference teams in this week's poll.
1. Ohio State (49)
2. Baylor (10)
3. TCU (2)
4. LSU (1)
5. Michigan State
6. Clemson (1)
7. Alabama Crimson Tide
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa
12. Florida
13. Oklahoma
14. Utah
15. Florida State
16. Memphis
17. Michigan
18. Duke
19. Houston
20. Toledo
21. Ole Miss
22. Temple
23. Georgia 9-14
24. Pitt
25. UCLA
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Tide Receives One 1st-Place Vote
Alabama Ranked 7th In A.P. Top-25
The Alabama Crimson Tide moved up one slot, from 8th to 7th, in this week's Associated Press College Football poll. Alabama aslo recieved its first 1st-place vote since losing to the Ole Miss Rebels a few weeks ago.
There are five Southeastern Conference schools among this week's elite, with LSU ranked the highest at 4th. They are followed by Alabama (7), Florida (11), Ole Miss (19) and Mississippi State at 25th.
Here are the current Top-25 college football teams as determined by the Associated Press:
1 Ohio State
2 Baylor
3 Clemson
4 LSU
5 TCU
6 Michigan State
7 ALABAMA
8 Stanford
9 Notre Dame
10 Iowa
11 Florida
12 Oklahoma State
13 Utah
14 Oklahoma
15 Michigan
16 Memphis
17 Florida State
18 Houston
19 Ole Miss
20 Toledo
21 Temple
22 Duke
23 Pittsburg
24 UCLA
25 Mississippi State
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Tide Softball Finishes Fall Season 7-1
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
The University of Alabama softball team ended the fall season with a sweep of Shorter University this weekend. The Crimson Tide took the first game 6-1, then won game two yesterday afternoon 8-6 at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama head softball coach Patrick Murphy said, "We had great support from our fans over the past three weekends and today might be one of our biggest crowds ever for fall ball. Sydney Littlejohn did a good job today in both games. She pitched a really good one in the first game and then kept us in the game during the second."
The Crimson Tide went 7-1 overall during the fall season.
Murphy commented, "I thought that we grew a lot from the first double header at Middle Tennessee today. We still have a long way to go. I would rather have things to work on than be perfect right now. We are far, far from perfect. So, we have about three weeks left of weights, individuals and some conditioning. I think that they have a lot of potential."
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Bama Volleyball Beats Georgia 3-0
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
Sunday afternoon brought a big win at home for the Alabama volleyball team. The Lady Tide beat the Georgia Bulldogs 3-0.
Bama was pretty much in control of the match throughout. The Tide (10-12, 4-4 SEC) won the first one over Georgia (5-15, 0-8 SEC) by a score of 25-18, with the second match a Bama win at 25-17. Bama also took the third one 25-15.
Alabama travels to Missouri for a contest this Wednesday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
