Here is a look at how Alabama athletic teams have been ranked, on average, against each other by the sports staff of The Tuscaloosa News over the last eight years, with each program’s highest and lowest ranking in that period:
1. Football
Highest: First (2018, ’17, ’16, ’15, ‘13)
Lowest: Fifth (2014)
2. Gymnastics
Highest: First (2011)
Lowest: Fifth (2018)
3. Softball
Highest: First (2012)
Lowest: Sixth (2018)
4. Women’s Golf
Highest: Second (2017)
Lowest: Sixth (2014)
5. Men’s Golf
Highest: First (2014)
Lowest: Seventh (2017, ’15)
6. (tie) Men’s Swimming and Diving
Highest: Fifth (2016, ’15)
Lowest: 14th (2013)
6. (tie) Men’s Track and Field
Highest: Third (2017)
Lowest: 14th (2012)
8. Men’s Basketball
Highest: Seventh (2012, ’11)
Lowest: 15th (2014)
9. Women’s Tennis
Highest: Third (2014)
Lowest: 19th (2018, ’16)
10. Men’s Cross Country
Highest: Fifth (2011)
Lowest: 17th (2014)
11. Women’s Track and Field
Highest: Eighth (2017, ’15)
Lowest: 18th (2011)
12. (tie) Volleyball
Highest: Eighth (2015)
Lowest: 17th (2011, ’12)
12. (tie) Women’s Cross Country
Highest: 11th (2017, ’16, ’12)
Lowest: 15th (2011)
14. (tie) Baseball
Highest: Eighth (2013)
Lowest: 19th (2017)
14. (tie) Women’s Swimming and Diving
Highest: Seventh (2016)
Lowest: 19th (2011)
16. (tie) Soccer
Highest: Eighth (2012)
Lowest: 18th (2016, ’14)
18. Women’s Basketball
Highest: 12th (2011)
Lowest: 19th (2015, ’12)
19. Rowing
Highest: 15th (2017)
Lowest: 19th (2015, ’14)
