Billy Napier

Armstrong joins Napier after having spent two seasons working for him at Louisiana. The Alabama native worked as a defensive graduate for the Rajun' Cajuns in 2018 and was the inside linebackers coach in 2020.

Outside of Alabama's debut at the No. 2 position, the other three programs appearing in the top four of the initial poll all are led by coaches that worked with one another on the 2015 Alabama football team.

Who will take the job that apparently no one wants? The Auburn Tigers paid $21 million to fire Gus Malzahn after finishing 6-4 in a conference only, COVID-19 laden, season. Eight days have passed and the Tigers still have not officially found a new football coach to lead the program into the future.