Despite the 10th-toughest schedule heading into 2025, Alabama has the fourth-best odds to reach the College Football Playoff (66.2%) and to reach the national championship game (20.2%). The Crimson Tide is also tied for the third-best odds to win a national championship with Ohio State at 10.8%.

Another set of Alabama football kickoff times have been officially set. With the Crimson Tide's season opener Aug. 30 against Florida State already scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on ABC, the SEC announced kickoff times for Alabama's non-conference matchups against Louisiana Monroe and Wisconsin.

T he expanded College Football Playoff gave us more hyped matchups than ever before, but the wide landscape of bowl season continues to deliver. The Pop-Tarts Bowl has become a mo