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When Tide shifts, teams can go from ranked to rank

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, February 14, 2003

Alabama may have belonged in the top 25. But not this high. Not this season. Not with, or without, Kennedy Winston. But, the Tide couldn't control the beauty contest that is the weekly polls. So, back on Dec. 30, Mark Gottfried's troops went into Utah ranked No. 3 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll ... No.1 in the Associated Press poll. And as quickly as the Tide rose, the descent began that night in Salt Lake City. Alabama lost to Utah hours after earning its No. 1 ranking and has lost six ...

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