NCAAF Top 25 for Week 2

Written by Mike Chiari at Bleacher Reports.com

After rolling through USC in dominant fashion, the Alabama Crimson Tide maintained their spot atop the Associated Press’ college football poll Tuesday.

As seen in this rundown of the Week 2 rankings, courtesy of the AP Top 25 Poll’s official website, Bama is comfortably ahead of No. 2 Clemson after the opening week of play:

The Tide fell behind the Trojans, 3-0, only to go on a 52-3 run the rest of the way in one of the week’s most impressive victories.

Several big-name schools struggled, but as the AP’s Ralph D. Russo pointed out, there are no concerns when it comes to the Tide:

We are about 40 hours into the first weekend of college football and one thing we know for sure is everyone is terrible. Except Alabama.

— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) September 4, 2016

That is due largely to the play of freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts, who accounted for two passing touchdowns and two rushing scores and made his case to be Jake Coker’s replacement.

Quarterback was the biggest question mark for Alabama entering the season, but Bleacher Report’s Matt Hayes believes head coach Nick Saban has found his answer: