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Editor's note: Every Tuesday and Thursday between now and national signing day, TideNation will review each position and look at who figures to start, who could rise up the depth chart and who might be on the way. Today we'll look at the quarterbacks...

With another efficient performance in a dominating win, Alabama QB AJ McCarron quietly inched his way deeper into the Heisman Trophy conversation.

Alabama has landed more five-star recruits in the last four years than any team in the nation.

Mark Ingram knows 40-yard dash times matter to NFL types. Run a few ticks faster, and the number sure looks better for teams thinking of plunking down millions on a new hire.

Earning master's degree likely more difficult than football test

Mark Schlabach is pegging Oklahoma as the nation's top 2011 team in his Way-Too-Early Top 25.

Mark Ingram ran for two scores to break the Alabama career touchdown record, and the Crimson Tide (No. 15 AP, No. 16 BCS) rolled past Michigan State (No. 7 AP, No. 9 BCS) 49-7 on Saturday in the most lopsided Capital One Bowl in history.

Football Then & Now: McElroy, Stewart, Suh

The SEC features the Big Two at QB and then everybody else. At least eight new full-time starters will have to prove themselves in 2009.

The revised Top 25 is out, but which teams are the legit contenders for BCS bowl games?

Out with the old and bring in the new in 2009? Not quite. Mark Schlabach has unveiled an early Top 25 and finds some familiar names at the top.