The Alabama Crimson Tide enters the bye week with a record of 7-1, winning seven straight since the week one disaster on the road against Florida State, and though Saturday’s win at South Carolina was anything but easy, it was certainly a gutsy comeback effort.

A flat-looking performance on the road as a double digit favorite once again is cause for concern, but for what felt like the first time under Kalen DeBoer, Alabama fought back against some real adversity and found a way to win a game where they did not have anywhere near their best stuff.

The reality of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is that Alabama getting through this stretch and into the second bye with just one loss leaves them with some real wiggle room down the stretch.

In the four-team playoff era, one loss

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