Alabama
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Alabama
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SEC · Kalen DeBoer, year 3 (22-8) · Bryant-Denny Stadium · 101,821 · 100,077 avg in 2026
The nationAP #10 · Coaches #10up 2 from last week
The model#20 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #11 (+20.0) · FPI #7
The marketAlabama by 19.5vs Florida State · our model 89% Alabama · a number, not a pick
LastW 45–17 at Kentucky · Sat Sep 12 · Caleb Woodson 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 12 tackles
Nextvs Florida State · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Bryant-Denny Stadium · Alabama by 19.5 · series 3-2-1, last win 2017 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
The CFP Era
3 titles, 8 CFP appearances across 12 seasons — the era the program defined.
TRAJECTORY · quality-score line · AP rank dotted · CFP bids marked · coach regimes ribboned
Program Quality
AP Rank (inverted)
CFP Appearance
Alabama's 2014–2025 record is 144-21 with 8 CFP appearances and 3 national titles. The era closed the program's question of whether this program could still reach the room where the sport ends — by being in that room.
The Iron Bowl
Iron Bowl 84 meetings since 1902 See the whole history →
Heat trajectory
Week-by-week rivalry heat isn't tracked yet for this matchup — check back as the 2026-27 season approaches and real fan-intel signal accumulates.
Fan Heat Index
Who's more worked up right now
Cross-fanbase rivalry sentiment for this matchup hasn't been measured yet this week — both sides show as neutral until real signal comes in.
Alabama
Awaiting
Auburn
Awaiting
Auburn
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THE LAST 5 · year-by-year
- W 2025 Win 27–20
- W 2024 Win 28–14
- W 2023 Win 27–24
- W 2022 Win 49–27
- W 2021 Win 24–22
Program outlook
Six national titles. A 38-3 semifinal blowout at the hands of Indiana. And a third-year head coach who hasn't won one. Alabama has never been this interesting.
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The Standard is not a motivational poster in a weight room at Alabama — it's the operating system. Eighteen claimed national titles, six under Saban, the houndstooth crowd that shows up at road games as though Bryant's ghost demands the road trip: Alabama is what college football looks like when the program and the standard are the same noun.
Entering Year Three, Kalen DeBoer is 20-8 — which would be a renovation project anywhere else and is a pressure cooker here. The 2025 Playoff run ended in a 38-3 knockout at the hands of eventual champion Indiana. In Tuscaloosa, that scoreline has the weight of evidence. National analysts are openly writing the tenure-pressure piece. The internal fracture is clean: one faction argues the standard takes a beat to rebuild and DeBoer has earned time; the other says "this is Alabama" cannot coexist with a 38-3 semifinal.
The 2026 season is DeBoer's clearest referendum. Not the question of whether Alabama is good — they'll be good; the depth is real, the recruiting has stayed top-five nationally — but whether good is Alabama. That's the question 2026 will answer, in SEC stadiums where opponents have started believing they can win.
On the field
Dynastic-process football: the Saban years built the template — pro-style blocking schemes, physical SEC-trained offensive line, a defensive scheme rotating elite transfers and developed depth. DeBoer has layered a spread-RPO system over that base, which creates a transitional product — more QB-run options, faster tempo, still the trench identity underneath. The fanbase is educated on this tension and watches the offensive line health as the leading indicator.
All-time record · Alabama
Alabama has won 73% of its games since 1902 — 81% at home, 63% on the road.
1001-319-42 all-time · 123 seasons · 1902–2026
Home
632-131-14
Away
301-153-25
Neutral
68-35-3
63%
1900s
64%
1910s
73%
1920s
83%
1930s
71%
1940s
46%
1950s
82%
1960s
86%
1970s
71%
1980s
74%
1990s
62%
2000s
89%
2010s
84%
2020s
Coaching Era · Alabama
Coaching Era · AlabamaKalen DeBoer
Kalen DeBoer in year 3 of the rebuild. The methodology is taking shape.
Era Kalen DeBoer · 2024–presentPrev: Nick Saban (2014–2023)OC: Ryan GrubbPrev OC: co-JaMarcus Shephard / co-Nick Sheridan / Ryan Grubb (2025)DC: Kane Wommack / co-Maurice LinguistPrev DC: co-Colin Hitschler / Kane Wommack / co-Maurice Linguist (2024)
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years · era
Program memory
What this program never forgets
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
1979
The Bryant era
Five national titles between 1961 and 1979 under Bear Bryant — the last a 12-0 season, and the standard every Alabama coach since has been measured against
The 1992 title
13-0 under Gene Stallings — proof Alabama could still win it all without Bryant
2009
Saban's first title
The start of the Process dynasty
2012
Back-to-back
Nick Saban won it again in 2011 and 2012 — the Process at its peak
2013
The Kick Six
Auburn returns a missed field goal to win the Iron Bowl — the program's signature heartbreak
Wound
Moment of the season — so far · Alabama · 2026
Moment of the season — so far · Alabama · 2026Won 48-10 vs East Carolina
Week 1 of 2026. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.
NFL Draft Pipeline
2022–2026
NFL Draft PipelineAlabama has sent 44 players to the NFL Draft since 2022 — 12 of them in the first round.
Elite. Top recruit destination + development pipeline.
44
picks · 12 in round 1
#1
Bryce Young
Quarterback · 2023 · Carolina · #14/140 final season
#3
Will Anderson Jr.
Outside Linebacker · 2023 · Houston · #6/548 final season
#7
JC Latham
Offensive Tackle · 2024 · Tennessee
#3 all-time · 84 first-round picksthe talent factory →
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Program facts
Program résumé
18Nat'l titles
33Conf. titles
4Heismans
9CFP apps
79Bowl apps
1892Founded
Ladder finish
Season standing · 2026 · 2-0 · AP #10
Season standing · 2026 · 2-0 · AP #10Alabama is 10th in the AP poll at 2-0 — a top-15 team.
Top 15 nationally. NY6-bowl conversation.
Top 15
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Conference
SEC standing · 2026
1st in the SEC
Alabama sits at the top of the SEC at 1-0. Everyone else is chasing.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 1-0 |
| – | Arkansas | 0-0 |
| – | Auburn | 0-0 |
| – | Florida | 0-0 |
| – | Georgia | 0-0 |
| – | LSU | 0-0 |
| – | Mississippi State | 0-0 |
| – | Missouri | 0-0 |
| – | Oklahoma | 0-0 |
| – | Ole Miss | 0-0 |
| – | South Carolina | 0-0 |
| – | Tennessee | 0-0 |
| – | Texas | 0-0 |
| – | Texas A&M | 0-0 |
| – | Vanderbilt | 0-0 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 0-1 |
Coaching history
Coaching history
- Hired Kalen DeBoer
- Nick Saban departs
- Hired Nick Saban
- Mike Shula departs
- Hired Mike Shula
- Dennis Franchione departs
- Hired Dennis Franchione
- Mike DuBose departs
Coordinator lineage
Unit lineage
Alabama’s offense and defense, by coordinator
FBS-relative efficiency percentile per season (2014–2026), same population as the Coordinator Mirror board. Dashed vertical lines mark a coordinator change.
Offense2014–2026
2014–2016 · Lane Kiffin2017 · co-Mike Locksley / Brian Daboll2018 · Mike Locksley / co-Josh Gattis2019–2020 · Steve Sarkisian2021–2022 · Bill O'Brien2023 · Tommy Rees2024 · co-JaMarcus Shephard / co-Nick Sheridan2025 · co-JaMarcus Shephard / co-Nick Sheridan / Ryan Grubb2026 · Ryan Grubb
Defense2014–2026
2014–2015 · Kirby Smart2016 · Jeremy Pruitt2017 · co-Tosh Lupoi / Jeremy Pruitt2018 · co-Pete Golding / Tosh Lupoi2019–2022 · co-Charles Kelly / Pete Golding2023 · Kevin Steele2024 · co-Colin Hitschler / Kane Wommack / co-Maurice Linguist2025–2026 · Kane Wommack / co-Maurice Linguist
Elite (≥70th pct)AveragePoor (≤30th pct)
Gameday customs
Rituals
Things this fanbase does every Saturday — none of them invented in the last decade.
Rammer Jammer
since 1970
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Crimson Tide fans sing the cheer taunting the just-defeated opponent. Once considered too brash for league play, now a definitive Alabama victory ritual that echoes from Bryant-Denny across the SEC.
Yea Alabama (Fight Song)
since 1926
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Written for the 1925 Rose Bowl trip. Defines pre-snap Bryant-Denny atmosphere. The Million Dollar Band's pregame T-formation closes with this song.
Elephant Walk
since 1981
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Players walk single-file from locker room to field tunnel. Adopted under Bear Bryant's later years; refined by Saban into the modern ritual.
Pregame Flyover
since 2003
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Tuscaloosa-based military flyover at major home games. Coordinated with Maxwell Air Force Base. The kind of pageantry that signals 'this game matters.'
Million Dollar Band Halftime
since 1929
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Marching band performance with crimson-and-houndstooth uniform tradition. 'Big Al' the elephant mascot leads the formation; the band's iconic T-formation closes the show.
Cultural identity
Bowls
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
Bowl / Postseason LedgerRecent postseason (2014-2025): 12-7
Most recent: 2025 — loss 38-3 (away). Last 5 postseason: 2-3.
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