The Sunday morning SportsCenter shows during college football season are all about Paul Finebaum’s hot takes about the preceding Saturday’s action, and it was no different after Week 10 – with Finebaum opining about several SEC teams and either their performances or fates moving forward.
Finebaum was also asked Sunday to break down which SEC team the ESPN pundit believes is the class of the conference. His answer?
“It is Alabama,” Finebaum said. “Everyone realizes they lost to Florida State a million years ago, or so it seemed, on Labor Day weekend. But what they have done since then is exemplary.”
Finebaum referenced Alabama’s 7-game winning streak that included the first 4-game winning run against ranked opponents without a bye week in history. But he was also quick to point out that unbeaten Texas A&M isn’t far behind the Crimson Tide.
“I think A&M is quite good. They’re maybe a hair, I mean like one of my hairs, behind Alabama. Not very much,” Finebaum said. “Winning at Notre Dame is good, but Notre Dame isn’t great. They will see better competition later in the season, but right now I’m going to give it to Alabama.”
Ranked No. 4 in the country, Alabama was idle in Week 10 and hosts reeling LSU in Week 11 (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC). No. 3 Texas A&M plays at No. 19 Missouri (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC) the same day.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
