The staff of 247Sports ranks the 16 SEC teams in its preseason poll. Here's where Alabama is projected to finish in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.

Alabama is set to open the 2025 college football season in Tallahassee, Florida against the Florida State Seminoles. The game will be played Saturday, Aug. 30 at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

Cary Cox and Holt Rast were teammates at Alabama in the late 1930s, and later served with distinction in the U.S. Army during the war. Cox was part of the Allied campaign in North Africa in 1942, and earned the Bronze Star for bravery during the invasion of Sicily the following year.