Alabama is in a world of hurt on Sunday morning following a humbling defeat to Texas. And that means the Crimson Tide find themselves in an unusual position. They’re in the USA Today Misery Index, as they lead a pair of SEC teams in the mix, along with Texas A&M.

“Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the right one,” Dan Wolken wrote. “Alabama had real problems, and Saban knew it. But the warnings never registered, at least not until Texas came into Tuscaloosa and laid a 34-24 beatdown on a program that looked like a shell of what it once was.”

Wolken added that the loss to Texas revealed something that’s “shockingly simple: Right now, the Crimson Tide isn’t very good on offense or defense.”

Alabama’s not the only SEC West team going through some struggles. The Misery Index also highlighted Texas A&M following its loss at Miami.

“Wake us up when Jimbo Fisher and the 10-year, $95 million contract extension he signed in 2022 actually do something that forces the rest of college football to take Texas A&M and its boosters seriously rather than mock them for continuing to invest incredible resources in a program that seems to be going nowhere.”