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The 2025 college football season is just over two months away, and The Sporting News is among several national media outlets making its prediction for the Alabama Crimson Tide in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.
Alabama finished 9-4 last season, hardly the worst start for a coach tasked with enormous expectations following the retirement of Nick Saban. But a stunning loss to Vanderbilt after the Crimson Tide’s rollercoaster win over Georgia, followed by a pair of ugly losses down the stretch to Oklahoma and a Michigan team that was a shell of its 2023 self, left something of a sour taste to close 2024.
DeBoer and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb will have to break in a new quarterback in Ty Simpson, but Alabama has a lot of talent returning in 2025 — particularly in the wide receiver room with Ryan Williams and Germie Bernard leading the way, and in the secondary with cornerbacks Zabien Brown and Domani Jackson, and safeties Keon Sabb and Bray Hubbard.
The Crimson Tide also have an incoming freshman class that ranks in the top five in recruiting.
Earlier this week, the Sporting News made its 12-team playoff predictions for the 2025 season. In the outlet’s preseason projections, Alabama makes the College Football Playoff as the No. 7 seed and hosts a first-round playoff game against the Miami Hurricanes at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Per Bender:
“Kalen DeBoer gets the Crimson Tide back in the College Football Playoff in his second season, and the Hurricanes are the at-large bid for the ACC. That means Carson Beck delivers as the new starting quarterback, and Mario Cristobal avoids a season-altering upset.”
A return trip to Tuscaloosa would mark Beck’s second game in Bryant-Denny Stadium in as many seasons. As Georgia’s starter in 2023 and ’24, Beck went 0-2 against Alabama, including last year’s 41-34 thriller on Sept. 28 that…
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Publish date : 2025-06-27 21:35:00
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