With the season kicking off in less than two weeks, it's the time of year when the sport's top "insiders" offer bold predictions for the season. CBS Sports' Chip Patterson did so with regard to Alabama: Patterson believes the Crimson Tide will win the SEC championship game on Dec. 6 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The College Football Playoff announced that it will use an "enhanced" tool to further emphasize strength of schedule in its selection process, starting in 2025. The new metric -- titled record strength -- will give further credit to how a team performs against its schedule.

According to SP+, the Pigs have a 1.4 percent chance (roughly 70/1) to win the SEC in 2025, so there’s a smidge of value there if you’re feeling frisky. Sam Pittman has been in charge of this program for six years, and he’s essentially traded good and bad seasons since taking over in Fayetteville.

Every day until Aug. 29, Creg Stephenson is counting down significant numbers in Alabama football history, both in the lead-up to the 2025 football season and in commemoration of the Crimson Tide’s first national championship 100 years ago.

After finalizing its nonconference slate on Tuesday, Alabama basketball’s 2025-26 schedule is complete. Here’s a look at every game for the Tide.

News is bubbling up on Georgia's opening opponents, with Alabama suffering a key injury, Marshall dialing in for Georgia and Tennessee naming a starting QB

“Saban retiring, in any era, was going to fundamentally impact the death grip the SEC had on college football,” Pate explained. “Because it wasn’t the SEC that had a death grip, it was Alabama, led by Nick Saban. Ten of the last 11 SEC Championships were either won by Bama or Georgia.”

4-Star Alabama Commit Hoping to Visit Heated SEC Rival originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Alabama Crimson Tide has received two commitments in the 2027 recruiting class, with one coming from athlete Alexander Ward out of Marietta, Georgia.