No disrespect to the Sooners, who return the bulk of last year's 12-2, Big 12 championship squad, but the best team in the country this fall will be the Alabama Crimson Tide. Frankly, it's a bit baffling that this isn't a more common sentiment.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/stewart_mandel/05/25/alabama-number-one/index.html#ixzz1NOoM54FU

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I like his.