Where new Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer voted Crimson Tide in final coaches poll

Before Kalen DeBoer became the new coach of Alabama football, he agreed the Crimson Tide belonged in the top four in the sport.

As one of the coaches voting in the US LBM coaches poll, DeBoer ranked Alabama No. 4 in his final ballot of the season released after the national championship game.

DeBoer kept the top four teams in the spot the College Football Playoff committee originally ranked them.

Nick Saban, who announced his retirement this past Wednesday, had the same top four as DeBoer. The highest a coach ranked Alabama was No. 2 (Arkansas State’s Butch Jones), and the lowest was No. 8 (Central Florida’s Gus Malzahn).

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Here’s DeBoer’s full ballot.

Kalen DeBoer top 25 rankings

Michigan

Washington

Texas

Alabama

Georgia

Oregon

Florida State

Mississippi

Missouri

Ohio State

Penn State

Arizona

LSU

Notre Dame

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Louisville

Oklahoma State

Kansas State

Oregon State

West Virginia

SMU

Kansas

Iowa

Fresno State

Nick Kelly is the Alabama beat writer for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network, and he covers Alabama football and men’s basketball. Reach him at nkelly@gannett.com or follow him @_NickKelly on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.

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Publish date : 2024-01-15 21:02:52

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