3:00 AM ET On the first Saturday of November, the College Football Playoff contenders started to separate themselves from everyone else. No. 2 Clemson beat Syracuse by 54 points. No. 3 Michigan throttled Maryland by 56 points. No. 5 Washington routed California by 39 points. No. 6 Ohio State blasted No. 10 Nebraska by 59 points. Perhaps none of those performances were as impressive as No. 1 Alabama’s 10-0 victory over No. 13 LSU at Tiger Stadium. Unless you really love defense, Alabama’s 21st consecutive victory — and its 13th straight over a ranked opponent — hardly resembled a classic. The game remained scoreless through three quarters and according to ESPN Stats & Info, the 10 points combined were the fewest in an AP top-15 matchup in the last 30 seasons. Alabama’s defense didn’t yield any points against Leonard Fournette and LSU. Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports”You can talk about winning ugly and maybe it wasn’t always pretty, because we certainly didn’t execute and do things the way we’d like, but you’ve got to give LSU a lot of credit,” Saban said. “It was a tough atmosphere for us out there. But our defense was outstanding.” If you had any doubts…
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