@Atlanta68 is absolutely correct when it comes to AU absolutely owning us in the bigger cities in this state over the past 10 or so years. But the school to watch out for is Mississippi State due to them offering in-state tuition to bordering states. I know Engineer central Huntsville has an enormous amount of high school students opting to go there, a lot of times these students are University of Alabama legacies. Almost all of Birmingham schools used to be basically feeder schools to UA; not anymore and we need to figure this out quickly.