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          Capital One Fan Vote: Can anyone beat Alabama?

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          Palmer likes LSU in top 5, Galloway not yet (3:01)

          Jesse Palmer and Joey Galloway discuss who should be in the top 5 for the College Football Playoff, disagreeing where LSU stands. (3:01)

          • ESPN.com
          Sep 17, 2018, 03:10 PM

          Alabama has looked so dominate through three weeks, that we've started questions whether any of the Tide's remaining opponents have a chance.

          Bama has four future opponents currently ranked in the top 25: No. 22 Texas A&M, No. 6 LSU, No. 14 Mississippi State and No. 6 Auburn. Of those, ESPN Football Power Index gives LSU the best chance to upset the top team in the nation (15 percent chance) because the Tigers get Alabama at home. Texas A&M (10 percent), Mississippi State (13 percent) and Auburn (12 percent) all have to go to Bryant-Denny this season.

          Some other notes:

          • LSU has the most efficient defense in that grouping (ninth in FBS, with Mississippi State 20th, Auburn 21st and Texas A&M 60th).

          • Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham has already beaten Alabama once and is looking to become the first quarterback to beat a Nick Saban-led Alabama team twice.

          • When Alabama's defense struggles, it's usually against dual-threat quarterbacks. Mississippi State QB Nick Fitzgerald has 10 career games with at least 150 passing yards and 100 rushing yards, twice as many as any other active quarterback.

          • Saban is 12-0 against his former assistant coaches, with 11 of the 12 wins by at least 14 points (including a 24-7 win over Florida State last year when current Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher was still with the Seminoles).

          So what do you think? Can anyone take Bama? Vote in the Capital One Fan Vote Question.