Football continues to reign supreme at Alabama, with the Crimson Tide football team winning another national championship and again topping the annual rankings of UA athletic teams by The Tuscaloosa News sports department staff.
The Alabama football team was rated as the top team on campus for the 2017-18 school year, marking the fifth time in the last eight years that football has topped the rankings. Men’s and women’s golf, which both lost in the match-play finals at the NCAA Championship to finish second nationally, were ranked second and third, respectively. Men’s track and field, fresh off a top-five finish at the NCAA Outdoor championships, placed fifth and was the only team to win an SEC championship in the school-year cycle, claiming the conference indoor crown.
Baseball and women’s tennis were the bottom two teams, as they were last year.
RELATED: See the Crimson Tide head-to-head as ranked by The Tuscaloosa News here.
RELATED: See Alabama’s record overall against all 13 SEC opponents here.
1. Football
Coach: Nick Saban
Record: 13-1
SEC record: 7-1
SEC finish: Second in Western Division
National finish: College Football Playoff champion
2. Men’s Golf
Coach: Jay Seawell
SEC finish: Second in match play
National finish: Second at NCAA Championship
3. Women’s Golf
Coach: Mic Potter
SEC finish: Semifinalist in match play
National finish: Second at NCAA Championship
4. Men’s Track and Field
Coach: Dan Waters
SEC finish: First indoors, fourth outdoors
National finish: Ninth at NCAA Indoor Championships, fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships
5. Gymnastics
Coach: Dana Duckworth
Record: 7-4
SEC record: 5-2
SEC finish: Second
National finish: Eighth at NCAA Championships
6. Softball
Coach: Patrick Murphy
Record: 36-20
SEC record: 12-12
SEC finish: Eighth
National finish: No. 14 ranking/NCAA super regional
7. Men’s Cross Country
Coach: Dan Waters
SEC finish: Second
National finish: 14th at NCAA Championships
8. Men’s Swimming and Diving
Coach: Dennis Pursley
Record: 2-3
SEC record: 0-2
SEC finish: Eighth
National finish: 13th at NCAA Championships
9. Men’s Basketball
Coach: Avery Johnson
Record: 20-16
SEC record: 8-10
SEC finish: Ninth
National finish: Second round of NCAA Tournament
10. Men’s Tennis
Coach: George Husack
Record: 20-13
SEC record: 2-10
SEC finish: Quarterfinals of SEC Tournament (12th in regular season)
National finish: Round of 16 at NCAA Championships
11. Soccer
Coach: Wes Hart
Record: 12-81-1
SEC record: 4-5-1
SEC finish: Seventh
National finish: First round of NCAA Tournament
12. Women’s Cross Country
Coach: Dan Waters
SEC finish: Seventh
National finish: Ninth at NCAA South Regional
13. Women’s Basketball
Coach: Kristy Curry
Record: 20-14
SEC record: 7-8
SEC finish: Eighth
National finish: Quarterfinals of Women’s NIT
14. Women’s Swimming and Diving
Coach: Dennis Pursley
Record: 4-2
SEC record: 1-1
SEC finish: 10th
National finish: 30th at NCAA Championships
15. Volleyball
Coach: Ed Allen
Record: 18-14
SEC record: 6-12
SEC finish: 10th
16. Women’s Track and Field
Coach: Dan Waters
SEC finish: Ninth indoors, ninth outdoors
National finish: 45 th at NCAA Indoor Championships, 46th at NCAA Outdoor Championships
17. Rowing
Coach: Larry Davis
Big 12 finish: Fifth*
*Rowing competes in Big 12; the SEC does not sponsor rowing as a sport.
18. Baseball
Coach: Brad Bohannon
Record: 27-29
SEC record: 8-22
SEC finish: Seventh in Western Division
19. Women’s Tennis
Coach: Jenny Mainz
Record: 15-15
SEC record: 2-11
SEC finish: 13th
