Ranking the Tide
6/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Alabama when ranked No. 1 or playing No. 1
Alabama vs. No. 1: 3-4-0
Alabama as No. 1: 20-4-0
1957
Alabama (NR) lost to Auburn (1),
40-0 in Birmingham
1961
Alabama (1) def. Auburn (NR),
34-0 in Birmingham
Alabama (1) def. Arkansas (9),
10-3 in 1962 Sugar Bowl
1962
Alabama (1) def. Tulane (NR),
44-6 in New Orleans
Alabama (1) def. Houston (NR),
14-3 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama (1) lost to Georgia Tech (NR),
7-6 in Atlanta
1964
Alabama (1) lost to Texas (5),
21-17 in 1965 Orange Bowl
1971
Alabama (2) lost to Nebraska (1),
38-6 in 1972 Orange Bowl
1973
Alabama (1) def. Auburn (NR),
35-0 in Birmingham
Alabama (1) lost to Notre Dame (3),
24-23 in 1973 Sugar Bowl
1977
Alabama (T7) def. Southern Cal (1),
21-20 in Los Angeles (TV)
1978
Alabama (1) def. Nebraska (10),
20-3 in Birmingham
Alabama (1) def. Missouri (11),
38-20 in Columbia
Alabama (1) lost to Southern Cal (7)
24-14 in Birmingham (TV)
Alabama (2) def. Penn State (1),
14-7 in 1979 Sugar Bowl (TV)
1979
Alabama (1) def. Tennessee (18),
27-17 in Birmingham
Alabama (1) def. Virginia Tech (NR),
31-7 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama (1) def. Miss. State (NR),
24-7 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama (1) def. LSU (NR),
3-0 in Baton Rouge
Alabama (1) def. Miami (NR),
30-0 in Tuscaloosa (TV)
Alabama (1) def. Auburn (14),
25-18 in Birmingham
1980
Alabama (1) def. Ole Miss (NR),
59-35 in Jackson
Alabama (1) def. Vanderbilt (NR),
41-0 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama (1) def. Kentucky (NR),
45-0 in Birmingham
Alabama (1) def. Rutgers (NR),
17-13 at the Meadowlands
Alabama (1) def. Tennessee (NR),
27-0 in Knoxville (TV)
Alabama (1) def. Southern Miss (20),
42-7 in Tuscaloosa
Alabama (1) lost to Miss. State (NR),
6-3 in Jackson
1989
Alabama (7) lost to Miami (1),
33-25 in 1990 Sugar Bowl (TV)
1992
Alabama (2) def. Miami (1),
34-13 in 1993 Sugar Bowl (TV)
2003
Oklahoma (1) def. Alabama (NR),
20-13 in Tuscaloosa (TV)
Alabama Year End AP Rankings Started in 1936
1936 ?? Fourth
1937 ?? Fourth
1938 ?? Thirteenth
1941 ?? Twentieth
1942 ?? Tenth
1945 ?? Second
1947 ?? Sixth
1950 ?? Sixteenth
1952 ?? Ninth
1953 ?? Thirteenth
1959 ?? Tenth
1960 ?? Ninth
1961 ?? FIRST
1962 ?? Fifth
1963 ?? Eighth
1964 ?? FIRST
* 1965 ?? FIRST
1966 ?? Third
1967 ?? Eighth
* 1968 ?? Seventeenth
* 1971 ?? Fourth
* 1972 ?? Seventh
* 1973 ?? Fourth
* 1974 ?? Fifth
* 1975 ?? Third
* 1976 ?? Eleventh
* 1977 ?? Second
* 1978 ?? FIRST
* 1979 ?? FIRST
* 1980 ?? Sixth
* 1981 ?? Seventh
* 1983 ?? Fifteenth
* 1985 ?? Thirteenth
* 1986 ?? Ninth
* 1988 ?? Seventeenth
* 1989 ?? Ninth
* 1991 ?? Fifth
* 1992 ?? FIRST
* 1993 ?? Fourteenth
* 1994 ?? Fifth
* 1995 ?? Twenty-first
* 1996 ?? Eleventh
* 1999 ?? Eighth
* 2002 ?? Eleventh
* 2005 ?? Eighth
* Selected after bowl games
Alabama Year End USA
(Started in 1982)
1982 ?? Twenty-second
1983 ?? Thirteenth
1985 ?? Twelfth
1986 ?? Ninth
1987 ?? Twenty-fifth
1988 ?? Seventeenth
1989 ?? Ninth
1991 ?? Fifth
1992 ?? FIRST
1993 ?? Thirteenth
1994 ?? Fourth
1996 ?? Eleventh
1999 ?? Eighth
2005 ?? Eighth
Alabama Year End UPI Rankings
(Started in 1950 ?? discontinued in 1996)
1950 ?? Seventeenth
1952 ?? Ninth
1953 ?? Eleventh
1959 ?? Thirteenth
1960 ?? Tenth
1961 ?? FIRST
1962 ?? Fifth
1963 ?? Ninth
1964 ?? FIRST
1965 ?? Fourth
1966 ?? Third
1967 ?? Seventh
1968 ?? Twelfth
1971 ?? Second
1972 ?? Fourth
1973 ?? FIRST
1974 ?? Second
* 1975 ?? Third
* 1976 ?? Ninth
* 1977 ?? Second
* 1978 ?? Second
* 1979 ?? FIRST
* 1980 ?? Sixth
* 1981 ?? Sixth
* 1982 ?? Seventeenth
* 1983 ?? Twelfth
* 1985 ?? Fourteenth
* 1986 ?? Ninth
1988 ?? Seventeenth
1989 ?? Seventh
* 1991 ?? Fifth
* 1992 ?? FIRST
* 1993 ?? Thirteenth
* 1994 ?? Fifth
* 1996 ?? Eleventh
* Selected after bowl games
Alabama's games while ranked or playing ranked opponents
1936
34-7 in
1937
9-7 in
13-0 in 1938 Rose Bowl
1939
21-0 in
7-7 in
13-0 in
1940
Alabama (NR) lost to
27-12 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
13-0 in
1941
Alabama (NR) lost to
14-0 in
19-14 in
29-21 in 1942 Cotton Bowl
1942
8-0 in
21-10 in
7-0 in
37-21 in 1943
1944
Alabama (NR) tied
0-0 in
19-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to Duke (11),
29-26 in 1945 Sugar Bowl
1945
34-14 in 1946 Rose Bowl
1946
12-0 in
14-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to LSU (19),
31-21 in
24-7 in
1947
Alabama (NR) lost to Vanderbilt (10),
14-7 in
13-0 in
14-7 in
27-7 in 1948 Sugar Bowl
1948
Alabama (NR) lost to
35-0 in B’ham
14-12 in
1950
27-22 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
14-9 in
1951
Alabama (NR) lost to
27-13 in B’ham
Alabama (NR) lost to Georgia Tech (7),
27-7 in B’ham
1952
20-0 in
7-3 in
27-7 in
21-0 in B’ham
61-6 in 1953
1953
13-6 in
21-6 in
10-7 in
28-6 in 1954 Cotton Bowl
1954
Alabama (NR) lost to
23-7 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
28-0 in
1955
Alabama (NR) lost to Rice (13),
20-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to TCU (8),
21-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to Georgia Tech (11),
26-2 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
26-0 in
1956
Alabama (NR) lost to TCU (4),
23-6 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
24-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to Georgia Tech (4),
27-0 in
Alabama (NR) lost to Vanderbilt (18),
32-7 in
1957
Alabama (NR) lost to
40-0 in
1958
Alabama (NR) lost to LSU (15),
13-3 in
Alabama (NR) tied Vanderbilt (20),
0-0 in
9-7 in
17-8 in
Alabama (NR) lost to
14-8 in
1959
Alabama (NR) lost to
17-3 in
Alabama (NR) tied
7-7 in
9-7 in
10-0 in
7-0 in 1959 Liberty Bowl
1960
21-6 in
20-7 in
3-0 in
3-3 in 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl
1961
32-6 in
9-0 in
35-6 in
26-7 in
34-3 in
17-0 in
24-0 in
66-0 in
10-0 in
34-0 in
10-3 in 1962 Sugar Bowl
1962
35-0 in
44-6 in
17-7 in
14-3 in
27-7 in
35-6 in
20-0 in
36-3 in
7-6 in
38-0 in
17-0 in 1963
1963
32-7 in
28-0 in
21-6 in
10-6 in
35-0 in
21-13 in
20-19 in
27-11 in
10-8 in
17-12 in
12-7 in 1964 Sugar Bowl
1964
31-3 in
36-6 in
24-0 in
21-0 in
19-8 in
17-14 in
23-6 in
17-9 in
24-7 in
21-14 in
21-17 in 1965 Orange Bowl
1965
18-17 in
31-7 in Baton Rogue
35-14 in
30-3 in
39-28 in 1966
1966
34-0 in
17-7 in
26-0 in
11-10 in
42-6 in
27-14 in
21-0 in
24-0 in
34-0 in
31-0 in
34-7 in 1967 Sugar Bowl
1967
37-37 in
25-3 in
21-7 in
