TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The last time Alabama’s offense was this explosive the United States had recently wrapped up World War II.

You have to go back to 1945 when gas was 15 cents and rent was only $60 for numbers comparable to what Alabama is putting up on Saturdays this fall.

Alabama’s offense is leading the nation in scoring at 54.2 points per game. The closest SEC team (Georgia) is averaging 11 points fewer per contest.

The school record for points per game is 43, which came in 1945. Alabama would need to average 40.5 points the rest of the way to eclipse that mark.

The Tide have scored 271 points. They are on pace to score 650 points just during the regular season. Already, they are only 312 points from surpassing the school record of 582 points in 2016.

Florida set the SEC record with 611 points in 2008. The 1996 Gators set the SEC scoring average record (46.6).

The Tide are on pace to shatter both by the time the postseason rolls around.

Alabama scored 50 or more points in four its five games. The program record for 50-point games is 5, also set in 1945. The Crimson Tide have scored 45 or more points in five consecutive games for the first time in school history.

Alabama finished Saturday’s game against the Ragin’ Cajuns with 608 total yards, surpassing the 500-total yard mark for the fifth time this season. That’s a school record as well.

The man driving the bus is quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa has been as precise as any quarterback in the country, and he’s doing his work early. Tagovailoa has yet to play in a fourth quarter this season.

Tagovailoa leads the nation in quarterback rating (238.32) and is second in the nation in completion percentage (75) and yards per attempt (13.2). He also ranks in the top 10 nationally with 14 touchdowns, despite the shortened workload.

Saying those are video game numbers don’t even do it justice because fictional characters don’t always play that well.

Alabama coach Nick Saban said Tagovailoa has played “extremely well” in every game this season.

“He’s right on target most of the time, not only in where he delivers the ball but who he delivers it to and why he should do it that way,” Saban said. “I think our coaches have done a really good job of helping him be able to understand exactly what the expectation is. He would be the first to tell you that all the players on offense — the protection has been pretty good for him and the receivers have done a good job of getting open. The combination of those things is he’s been very, very efficient and played very, very well.

“I expect every player to play that way. But he’s probably exceeded that to some degree, in terms of his consistency. Hopefully we’ll be able to do the things we need to do to help him continue to play with that kind of consistency.”