7. Alabama landed at No. 5 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings despite a 6-2 record that includes losses to No. 2 Georgia and No. 13 Tennessee, prompting a widespread crashout, with fans calling the placement “ridiculously overrated,” “preposterous,” and “one of the worst things I’ve seen in years,” with critics noting the Tide ranks eight spots ahead of the Volunteers, who beat them 26-10 and are ahead of multiple one-loss teams.

6. Alabama Republicans maintained their supermajority in the state Senate, holding 24 seats to the Democrats’ 9, with one race still leading; the same can be said in the State House with Republicans holding 74 to Democrats 31.

5. Alabama voters approved all statewide amendments, including Amendment 3, which requires local school boards to adopt policies mandating daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public K-12 schools and allowing student-initiated, student-led prayer with opt-outs, passing with 63 percent of the vote.

4. Republican State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) fumbled against Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, losing by roughly 10 points as Figures secured 53.7 percent to Marques’ 46.2 percent despite the GOP-drawn map, strong Black voter turnout in Montgomery, Figures’ incumbency, fundraising advantage and the nationwide GOP crashout all helped.

3. Democrats saw gains in Madison County as incumbent Republicans lost seats, including District Court Judge Tim Douthit falling to Democrat Kimberly Kelley Rucker, Judge John Allen losing to Jason Jones, and State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) being unseated by Democrat Jared Sluss, while challenger Brett Jones, a former Navy SEAL and the first openly gay sheriff in Alabama history, defeated incumbent Kevin Turner with 81,937 votes to Turner’s 72,345.

2. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) defeated Doug Jones, a petty wannabe tyrant, cowardly caretaker, former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person, who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, loves crushing ice cream sandwiches, and is definitely maybe a furry, by a 52.1 percent to 47.9 percent margin with all 67 counties reporting, but Jones refused to concede, saying “I’m still not convinced I’m not gonna be the governor yet,” calling Tuberville’s victory speech “a little premature,” and after claiming Alabama “deliberately makes it difficult to vote” due to no early voting and restrictive absentee rules

1. National midterm results delivered a Generational GOP Crashout, with Democrats capturing the House and Senate as voters rejected President Donald Trump over Iran and gas prices, and Republicans in GOP strongholds felt the pain, flipping U.S. Senate seats in South Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Maine, Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.