Finding fault with a team that finished 14-1 and won a national championship is not the easiest exercise in the world, but we at SDS will give it the old college try.

Despite the perfect ending to its almost perfect season, Alabama does have some things to work on going into the 2016 season.

Here are 5 areas that the Crimson Tide can improve upon as it kicks off its plans for a repeat:

1. Third-down conversions: Depending upon whom you ask, this stat is either underrated or overrated. The Crimson Tide, which converted 37.38 percent of its third downs during the 2015 season, finished ninth in the SEC in that category and just 86th in the FBS. For what it’s worth, last year’s Alabama team that lost in the national semifinals to Ohio State converted on third down 51.26 percent of the time, which was second in the conference and fifth nationally, but still fell two wins short of a national title. So even though this stat didn’t hurt Alabama this season, you can be sure that Lane Kiffin and Nick Saban will do everything they can to make sure this percentage improves.

2. Punting: JK Scott had an incredible freshman season in 2014, when he led all FBS players in yards per punt (48.0), net yards per punt (44.67) and percentage of punts downed inside the 20-yard line (56.4). Those numbers were so good, no NFL punter matched them! Not that a sophomore slump should have been expected from Scott, but he endured one nevertheless, as his average yards per punt (44.2), net yards per punt (37.0) and percentage of punts downed inside the 20 (35.7) all declined significantly.

3. The ability to turn long drives into touchdowns: Despite having a Heisman Trophy-winning running back in its backfield in Derrick Henry, Alabama struggled with converting long, time-consuming drives into touchdowns in 2015. According to ESPN.com, entering its 45-40 victory over Clemson in the CFP national championship game, the Crimson Tide was one of 24 Power 5 teams to have at least 20 drives of 10 or more plays. But among those schools, Bama’s 4 TDs were the fewest, and only four teams had as many or fewer scoring drives than Alabama’s 13.

4. Offensive line play: Alabama won the initial Joe Moore Award that is given to the nation’s best offensive line for its performance in 2015, which shouldn’t be surprising because it was led by the best center in the country in Ryan Kelly, who along with his teammates blocked for a Heisman Trophy winner. But what might be surprising is the fact that the Crimson Tide surrendered 10 more sacks than it did in 2014 — 26 vs. 16 — which was its highest total since yielding 32 in 2010. The Crimson Tide also ranked 33rd nationally in the percentage of its carries that went for zero or negative yards.

5. Passing defense: The Crimson Tide finished sixth in the SEC and 30th in the FBS in passing yards allowed per game (200.6) after allowing Clemson’s Deshaun Watson throw for 405 yards in the title game. It was good enough for a national title, but who knows what would have happened had the Tigers been successful on what was essentially their game-ending onside kick?