Kalen DeBoer

It is a well-versed group of athletic directors, former coaches and players along with a sports writer, who will be armed with statistics, analytics, charts and graphs and enough highlights to start their own college football network as the settle into their work on the College Football Playoff selection committee. In the end, though, the sport's method of determining a champion – or at least deciding who gets the right to play for the championship – comes down to a matter of opinion.

Number eight ranked Alabama has named Ty Simpson its starting quarterback heading into the team’s season opener at Florida State. Coach Kalen DeBoer told Simpson along with fellow QBs Austin Mack and Keelon Russell before sharing the news with the team Monday.

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer told reporters at SEC Media Days how he was hyper focused on the season opener against Florida State in Tallahassee. The AP poll may give a clue on how that concern may be justified. The AP Top 25 college football poll preseason rankings are now. Texas took the number one spot for the first time in an opening poll, narrowly edging out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.

Tommy Castellanos moved on from Boston College to Florida State for a crack at beating national power Alabama in the season opener. He’s one of several high profile college quarterbacks who used the transfer portal to switch teams before the start of the 2025 season.

Former Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe is poised to join the Seattle Seahawks after sitting out rounds one and two, while watching two teammates get picked by The Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia. And then, there's Shedeur Sanders of Colorado.

Tyler Booker, Deontae Lawson, Jalen Milroe, and Malachi Moore gathered in front of Denny Chimes on the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama. Moore is returning for another year with the Crimson Tide football team. Milroe, Lawson, and Booker have all reportedly declared for the 2025 NFL Draft.

The dust is barely settled on the college mens basketball season and now Alabama football is back in the limelight. The Crimson Tide’s modified spring scrimmage known as A-Day is this Saturday. It’s a practice session now instead of a full-blown game. While Alabama fans line up to watch this weekend’s modified A-Day game, the gears are turning on what may be a changing landscape in college athletics.

A year ago, Alabama’s 20-27 loss to Michigan marked the beginning of the end for legendary coach Nick Saban. The Wolverines went onto to win the national championship 34-14 by beating the Washington Huskies, coached by Kalen DeBoer. That coach led the Crimson Tide against Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa and the results were similarly disappointing for fans of Alabama.

The Crimson Tide is practicing for the New Year’s Eve ReliaQuest Bowl before heading home for Christmas. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer will be facing Michigan with fewer star players.

Alabama’s starting quarterback just joined the likes of Tim Tebow, Bo Nix, and Justin Herbert. Jalen Milroe won the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy at last night’s National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner.