It wasn’t quite good enough to make the first 12-team College Football Playoff, but head coach Kalen DeBoer faces a mandate to get the Alabama Crimson Tide back

The SEC and Alabama don’t make for the most sympathetic victims, nor should they be viewed that way. But there's logic in their gripes.

Alabama's 2025 SEC schedule has the Crimson Tide facing the same conference opponents as 2024, but with home/road assignments flipped. In 2025, Alabama will face Vanderbilt, Tennessee, LSU and Oklahoma at Bryant-Denny Stadium with road games against Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri and Auburn.

The Alabama Crimson Tide got cheated out of the final spot in the Playoff. Sure, Alabama lost three games, including a loss to 6-6

Deontae Lawson and Jihaad Campbell are widely viewed as 2025 NFL draft targets, and Que Robinson and Justin Jefferson are each out of collegiate eligibility, leaving the Crimson Tide with one returning linebacker starter in Qua Russaw at Wolf.

How many times has Alabama football missed the College Football Playoff? Here's everything you need to know about the Crimson Tide playoff history:

There is no clearer sign that the dynasty has descended from decline to dearly departed than coming up short in a debate against SMU.

In Kalen DeBoer's first season with Alabama football, he had one of the most expensive staffs in college football at his disposal.

ReliaQuest Bowl odds, picks. The bookies favor the SEC team by a wide margin over its Big Ten opposition. Alabama is an 11.5 point favorite against Michigan,