The pressure is on Kalen DeBoer to make the College Football Playoff in Year 2, but the Tide received their lowest preseason ranking since 2008.
The opponents on Alabama’s 2025 football schedule did not change on Monday afternoon, but some of them did get little numbers next to their names, and that’s a big deal. The teams are no different, but a look at the Crimson Tide’s schedule after the release of the preseason AP Poll on Monday reveals just how difficult Kalen DeBoer’s path back to the College Football Playoff will be.