Alabama Football’s Shocking AP Poll Plunge: What’s Behind Their Worst Ranking in Over 15 Years?

So here we are—Alabama Crimson Tide football stepping onto the 2025 field ranked No. 8 in the AP preseason poll, a spot they haven’t sat in since 2008. Pretty wild, right? For a program so synonymous with top-five finishes and national title talk, this feels like a throwback to a different era. But with Kalen DeBoer at the helm for his sophomore season, you’ve gotta wonder: does this ranking spell a rebuilding year or could it be the quiet before a storm? After a 9-4 run in 2024 that left the Tide outside the College Football Playoff for the first time in years, the questions swirl—can the new starting QB Ty Simpson and a retooled defense living under Kane Wommack’s watch turn skepticism into swagger? Throw in a SEC landscape so stacked it’s practically a minefield, and boom—you’ve got one of the toughest schedules in the nation lurking. History says Alabama can rise from these underdog spots, but will DeBoer write that comeback script? It’s gonna be one heck of a ride to watch unfold. LEARN MORE

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