With kicking less than two weeks away, it's the time of year when the sport's top "insiders" lend themselves to bold predictions for the upcoming season. CBS Sports' Chip Patterson did the same with regard to Alabama in 2025: Patterson believes the Crimson Tide will win the SEC championship on December 6 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Alabama failed to meet expectations the last two seasons, but it should look different with Kalen DeBoer's year of experience.

The Sooners are one of those real mystery teams in 2025, coming off a disappointing season but one with sprigs of hope. Injuries decimated the OU offense for big portions of last season in a way that skewed some results. Scoring one of the top transfer QBs in John Mateer pumped some energy into a program that needs a boost.

The new metric -- titled record strength -- will give further credit to how a team performs against its schedule. It will give extra credit for beating quality teams, while lessening the penalty for losses against tougher opponents.

Q&A: Alabama Director of Athletics Greg Byrne spoke with The Tuscaloosa News to discuss NIL, football scheduling, campus building projects and more.

USA TODAY Sports preseason college football rankings have higher view of the Alabama Crimson Tide in Year 2 under Kalen DeBoer than the top 25 polls.

Andrew Caley’s SEC preview for 2025, where he breaks down the conference and lets you know who he thinks will win it!

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Sixth-year Alabama veteran Jah-Marien Latham has more or less seen it all. He's the last man standing from the 2020 national championship team. He moved to Wolf linebacker for this fall. Now, he's taking reps at various spots in camp.

Five of the six national champions from the 2018-23 seasons went undefeated, marking an era filled with dominant teams. Last year’s debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff featured a two-loss Ohio State team as national champion, which could signal that being a dominant champion is now more difficult.

Alabama football defensive coordinator Kane Wommack had a surprising reveal about which Crimson Tide player is 'playing his best football.'