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Only a few Saturdays remain before the Alabama Crimson Tide take the field for their 2025 season opener against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee.
Expectations for Alabama in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer are high. The Crimson Tide return plenty of talent on both sides of the ball, especially at wide receiver with sophomore sensation Ryan Williams following his breakout freshman season (48 catches, 865 yards) and senior Germie Bernard (50 catches, 794 yards).
Alabama’s secondary unit has also earned high marks and figures to be one of the best in the nation, with cornerbacks Domani Jackson and Zabien Brown and safeties Keon Sabb and Bray Hubbard all returning. Both the secondary and wide receiver rooms rank as two of the top best in the country entering 2025 by CBS Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and other national outlets.
As for the Crimson Tide’s schedule, there aren’t many gimmes. Alabama opens SEC play on Sept. 27 in Athens against the Georgia Bulldogs, part of a five-game stretch without a bye that includes trips to both Columbia’s to face Missouri and South Carolina, and home games against Vanderbilt and the annual Third Saturday in October clash with Tennessee.
The SEC hasn’t had an undefeated team since Georgia’s 15-0 national championship squad in 2022, and with the additions of Oklahoma and especially Texas last year, it seems unlikely the league will have an undefeated conference champion in 2025.
To that end, CBS Sports college football analyst Brad Crawford took a look at the 2025 SEC schedules for all 16 programs with predictions for each team’s first loss.
Crawford believes Alabama’s first loss will come at Sanford Stadium in their primetime clash with Georgia.
“Kalen DeBoer’s team will be battle-tested with wins over Florida State and Wisconsin in the nonconference…
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Publish date : 2025-08-02 19:42:00
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