 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Alabama, ichibva mukurasikirwa nemutambo wemutambo wenyika kuClemson muna 2016, yakatanga gore iri munzvimbo yekutanga muAP Poll. Chikwata chakavhura gore racho nokukunda panguva iyoyo - Nhamba. 3 Florida State muChick-fil-A Kickoff Game, iyo yakanga iri yakakwirira zvikuru yakarongwa mwaka wokutanga-mutambo munhau yeAP Poll. Alabama yakahwina mitambo yavo yekutanga gumi nerimwe zvinogutsa, asi yakawira munzira yekukwikwidza Auburn mumutambo wekupedzisira wemwaka, uye sezvo zvikwata zviviri zvakabatana pamusoro peSEC West Division pa71, Auburn yakafambira mberi ku2017 SEC Championship Game pane musoro-kumusoro tiebreaker. Alabama yakaderera kusvika panhamba nhanhatu mumatanho anotungamirira kumagumo evhiki yokurwisana. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eCollege Football Playoff egore, 111 Alabama yakakwikwidza kunhamba yechina mushure mekugara isina basa, pamberi pe121 Wisconsin, 112 Big Ten Conference shasha Ohio State uye 120 American Athletic Conference shasha UCF. Izvi zvakapa Alabama nzvimbo mumutambo wenyika weSemi-fainari uyo uchatambwa kuSugar Bowl vachipesana neClemson, mutambo wechitatu unoteedzana pakati pezvikoro zviviri. Alabama yakakunda ne 246 ndokupfuurira ku 2018 College Football Playoff National Championshipvachirwa nemhare yeSEC Georgia. Crimson Tide yakabudirira kukunda munguva yakawedzerwa kuti ikunde mutambo 2623 uye zita renyika. 