BCS Champion and received 55 of 60 AP first place votes
14th National Championship
The Crimson Tide was the Sports Illustrated pre-season No. 1 team
Defeated 2 of the AP final Top 5 teams (No. 2 LSU and No. 5 Arkansas)
No. 2 Alabama lost to No. 1 LSU 3 - 6 (overtime) in the "game of the century"; beat No.1 LSU in the "rematch of the century" 21-0, the first shutout in BCS bowl history.
Finished first in Scoring Defense, Total Defense, Rushing Defense, and Passing Defense; the first team to do so since 1986, and only the second team to do so since 1936.
Four AP First Team All-Americans (Trent Richardson, Dont'a Hightower, Barrett Jones, and Mark Barron)
Courtney Upshaw and Dre Kirkpatrick were second team AP All-Americans
Trent Richardson won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's Best Running Back
Left tackle Barrett Jones (junior) won the Outland Trophy
Nick Saban's second BCS Championship at Alabama in three years and his third overall (the most of any coach)
Nick Saban's fourth consecutive 10+ Win Seasons
Nation's No. 1 recruiting class for 2012 (ESPN, Rivals)
