So you're clearly one of the "SEC is almighty" crowd. The SEC is likely to be 5-4 or 4-5 by the 8th. Pitt took ND to triple overtime, and beat VaTech and Rutgers, when both were ranked. Ole Miss has wet itself every time it came up against a quality opponent (other than LSU... one honorable loss). Pitt should win this one handily. A&M vs Oklahoma should be a great game, and will decide if the SEC has a winning record or not this season in the bowls.
But I agree, Bama squishes ND. The Irish don't have the offense that Bama does, and the ND defense can only hold on for so long against an upper tier offense. They barely did enough against Pitt, Purdue, and BYU (all 3-point wins). I see Bama as doing slightly better than those 3 offenses.
The ND win against Stanford is the most telling game to me. Stanford's run-heavy offense is very similar to Alabama's in pass production... buy isn't nearly as good as Bama rushing... is similar in rush defense... but is vastly poorer than Bama's pass defense... and it went to OT. Unless Bama makes multiple mistakes, ND won't score much on offense, and their defense will wear down. Call it 10-3 at the half, 16-6 after 3, and 30-6 when ND gets a free TD in mop-up time. 30-14, Bama.
But it is Bama, and they beat Michigan much worse than Notre Dame did. I'm glad it will be decided on the field. If ND wins, I salute them. Roll Tide.