COLLEGE STATION, Texas- Alabama is back on top of the college football rankings, and Tua Tagovailoa and the Crimson Tide look ready to stay there for a while.
Tagovailoa threw four touchdown passes to smash a program career record, and No. 1 Alabama’s offense kept rolling along behind his powerful left arm with a 47-28 victory at No. 24 Texas A&M on Saturday.
Tagovailoa threw his first interception of the season, but his first touchdown of the game made him Alabama’s career leader in passing touchdowns, passing AJ McCarron. The junior now has 81 for his career and leads the nation with 27 this season.
He shrugged off the school record to focus on the importance of getting a win in Alabama’s first game at No. 1 this season. It came against the Tide’s first ranked opponent as well – and in front of a stadium-record crowd of 106,479 at Kyle Field.
“You just revert back to your training. I’ve experienced playing at a place like Tennessee, then going to LSU, Ole Miss Everyone wants to beat Alabama,” Tagovailoa said. “We’re not done yet. As a team we have to continue to grow.”