Bleacher Report · Jan 7, 2025
Storied College Football Programs That Will Struggle in 2025
Storied College Football Programs That Will Struggle in 2025
Struggling in college football is relative.
For some teams, it means not making bowl games and firing their coach. For other, more storied traditional programs, it can mean losing more games than expected.
Case in point: Alabama's 9-4 campaign in 2024 would have been a superb season for 80 percent of the teams in college football, but for the Crimson Tide and first-year coach Kalen DeBoer, it was a colossal disappointment, snapping a 16-year streak of double-digit wins.
Welcome to Expectationville, population one fewer coach if you don't meet them.
