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.

Every day until Aug. 29, Creg Stephenson is counting down significant numbers in Alabama football history, both in the lead-up to the 2025 football season and in commemoration of the Crimson Tide’s first national championship 100 years ago.

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

As the Alabama Crimson Tide prepare to kick off their season against the Florida State Seminoles on Aug. 30, they face an unexpected hurdle: senior running back Jam Miller will be sidelined due to an upper body injury.

“Saban retiring, in any era, was going to fundamentally impact the death grip the SEC had on college football,” Pate explained. “Because it wasn’t the SEC that had a death grip, it was Alabama, led by Nick Saban. Ten of the last 11 SEC Championships were either won by Bama or Georgia.”

4-Star Alabama Commit Hoping to Visit Heated SEC Rival originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Alabama Crimson Tide has received two commitments in the 2027 recruiting class, with one coming from athlete Alexander Ward out of Marietta, Georgia.

According to reports, a former Alabama coordinator is set to become one of the highest-paid assistants in the SEC.

The College Football Playoff is giving more weight to strength of schedule and introducing a new selection metric after Alabama and two other three-loss SEC teams were left out in 2024.