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2025 Week 9 12-team College Football Playoff prediction: Alabama survived a scare

Kalen DeBoer finally got a win over an unranked SEC opponent on the road, and now that Alabama can beat bad teams, the sky is the limit for the Tide.

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen Deboer | Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

Week 9 may have been Alabama’s biggest test of the season, not because South Carolina is the toughest opponent on the Crimson Tide’s schedule, but because it might be the worst. Heading into Alabama’s trip to Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday, Kalen DeBoer had yet to beat an unranked SEC team on the road since taking over in Tuscaloosa, and he almost extended the streak.