How far will the Alabama Crimson Tide go in 2025? EA Sports' College Football 26 takes the wheel and predicts coach Kalen DeBoer's second season.

The time has come to go all in on this season and make the biggest predictions yet. Who will be the last four teams standing in the College Football Playoff? Penn State made a run to the semifinal last season and that has set the bar quite high for the Nittany Lions this season.

Permanent rivalries? Nonconference scheduling? Our takeaways from the SEC's move to nine conference games, and what it might mean for Alabama.

After long talks, the Southeastern Conference announced on Thursday that teams will play nine conference games apiece instead of eight starting in 2026. “Adding a ninth SEC game underscores our universities’ commitment to delivering the most competitive football schedule in the nation,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement.

As the high school football season begins across the nation, here is a look at some of the top performing Alabama commits from this past Friday night.

The first Friday night of the 2025 high school fotoball season included quite a bit of drama. St. Paul’s and Daphne both won on late 2-point conversions. Saraland went to Jackson and knocked off the Class 4A No.