Does Kalen DeBoer feel like Alabama is playing like the No. 3 team?

Kalen DeBoer was asked if he feels the Alabama Crimson Tide is playing like No. 3 team in the country after the Tide defeated Vanderbilt..

Alabama improved to 8-2 with the win over the Commanders. The win came after the College Football Playoff Committee moved Alabama up to the No. 3 spot in the playoff rankings.

DeBoer responded to the question asking him about the ranking by discussing how he feels his team is playing as of late.

“We just got to take advantage of having some consistency for four quarters,” DeBoer said. “I think that’s always hard to do. I think in our conference, they got some players on their side too. There’s a lot of teams that were pushed into the end of the first half, kind of talked about that earlier in the week, where you just got to continue to play. And a lot of what’s happened to in games Vanderbilt’s been involved with was kind of going that direction, and I feel in the fourth quarter at the end of the game just had some opportunities where we could just do some simple things that we’re capable of and stretch the lead and make it a little bit easier there at the end. Vandy’s got a team that is going to come, and they’re going to fight. Coach Lea does exactly that. A lot of the plan that they had as a team, I thought was out there again today, much like we saw two years ago and even last year. In our team, just got to continue to move forward. I think we have the makings. A lot of it’s just health and rhythm as we go through our week of practice and you can kind of feel that the guys that are out there that aren’t getting the reps, you know it’s a lot of times where we aren’t synced up and executing at the highest level. But fortunately, I think we’re going to continue to get guys back in these last couple of weeks.”

The Tide is setting itself up to be a lock for the playoffs. Picking up two wins to close the season against Chattanooga and Auburn will likely lock up the Tide a spot in the playoffs.