Greg McElroy Reveals College Football Team as a 'Legitimate' National Championship Contender originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Alabama Crimson Tide are desperately hoping to return to competing for national titles, a common occurrence during the Nick Saban era.

As Alabama football fans anticipate a new starting quarterback and the impact of new OC Ryan Grubb, here's one change in the offense they can expect.

Last we saw the SEC on the gridiron, it was underachieving dramatically. Well, sort of. SEC teams went 8-7 in bowl/playoff season, falling short against the spread by only 1.6 points per game (which is to say that the spreads were pretty accurate on average).

We traced the mythical Championship of Life from 2016, when Butch Jones bestowed it upon his Tennessee team, to present day.

Ohio State football's Caleb Downs, a former Alabama transfer, chimed in on the SEC vs. Big Ten debate this week.

Alabama faces the same conference schedule in 2025 as it did last season. ESPN says this SEC showdown is the Crimson Tide's biggest swing game.

The University of Michigan and Western Michigan University will reportedly open the 2026 college football season with a game in Frankfurt, Germany.

According to ESPN, the Georgia Bulldogs are expected to play in four of the SEC's top 10 regular-season games this year.

With games so close at hand, we asked our reporters to single out one contest for each of our post-spring Top 25 teams that could swing their season one way or the other. On paper, what is the one game that will play the biggest role in determining whether the season is a success or a dud?

College football season is rapidly approaching, yet some of the nation's top programs still need to make decisions on their starting quarterbacks.