Before South Florida, 11 other times Alabama played non-power conference teams on the road
Alabama's game at South Florida on Saturday is very much a change for the norm for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has begun scheduling more home-and-hom...
Alabama's game at South Florida on Saturday is very much a change for the norm for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has begun scheduling more home-and-home non-conference games in recent years, but the game in Tampa is an outlier. It's the Crimson Tide's first true road game in the regular season vs. a non-power conference opponent in two decades. The definition of 'power conference' has shifted over the years, as have the members in those leagues. For example, South Florida was once a member of the Big East, which was considered a power conference before the likes of Boston College, Louisville, Miami, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Virginia Tech defected for other leagues within the last 15 years or so.