The Alabama Crimson Tide looked lost not long ago. Head coach Kalen DeBoer had to reemphasize things like punctuality and discipline as his program dropped two out of three games, and it seemed as though his job might've been in jeopardy.

Much of the week has been spent pouring over SEC tiebreaker rules and trying to apply them to the season's remaining regular season games. Before Saturday's slate of games, one very realistic scenario had an eight-team first place SEC tie going down.