Alabama football fans are unsure what the new reality is for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Almost all would agree that the college football world has experienced a massive change since Alabama's last National Championship in the 2020 season.
The NIL era reconfigured college football in 2021. Changes in transfer rules evolved to the point, in 2024, that transfers became nearly unlimited. The floodgates were crushed by money and a rule-less free agency environment that Nick Saban had warned about for years.
College football's 2025 National Champion will be either an ACC team or a Big Ten team.