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With Saturday night’s 25-20 victory against Mississippi State, University of Alabama coach Nick Saban recorded his fifth win against a team ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll.
That’s more than anyone else since the poll was created in 1936.
Overall, Saban is 5-2 in those games, 4-1 with the Crimson Tide.
Only eight other coaches have three or more wins against No. 1 teams:
Name, record
Nick Saban 5-2
Joe Paterno 4-8
Lou Holtz 4-2
Jimmy Johnson 4-1
Jack Mollenkopf 4-2
Paul W. “Bear” Bryant 3-3
Dennis Erickson 3-3
Bo Schembechler 3-5-1
Barry Switzer 3-2-2
10. Records chase: With eight receptions for 88 yards on Saturday, Cooper has 191 career receptions, three shy of the Alabama record of 194 set by DJ Hall.
With 1,303 yards this season he has one of the 10 best seasons in SEC history, and by going over 3,000 career yards is in the top five all-time.
All-time leading SEC receiving yards, single season
1. Josh Reed, 1740, 2001, Louisiana State
2. Alshon Jeffery, 1517, 2010, South Carolina
3. Jordan Matthews, 1477, 2013, Vanderbilt
4. Mike Evans, 1394, 2013, Texas A&M
5. Travis McGriff, 1357, 1998, Florida
6. Cobi Hamilton, 1335, 2012, Arkansas
7. Carlos Alvarez, 1329, 1969, Florida
8. Jordan Matthews, 1323, 2012, Vanderbilt
9. Craig Yeast, 1311, 1998, Kentucky
10. Amari Cooper, 1303, 2014, Alabama
All-time SEC receiving yards
1. Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt, 2010-13, 3,759
2. Terrence Edwards, Georgia, 1999-2002, 3,093
3. Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina, 2009-11, 3,042
4. Amari Cooper, Alabama, 2012-14, 3,039
5. Josh Reed, LSU, 1999-11, 3,001
Yeldon needs 465 rushing yards to break Shaun Alexander’s career record of 3,565.
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