Tommy Tuberville succeeded as a college football coach, but a Hall of Famer? Puh-leaze. He belongs in the Hall of Very Good. I’m not going to get into a side-by-side comparison of Tubs with Shug Jordan and Darrell Royal, largely because those guys coached when regular seasons lasted 10 games, not 12.

How did the new coaches at Alabama, Michigan and other schools do? We look at the hires and the performances in 2024.

Lawson suffered a season-ending lower-extremity injury against Oklahoma Nov. 23, one that needed surgery three days later. He missed Alabama's win against Auburn and its season-ending loss to Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Lawson announced Jan. 4 he would return for his fifth season with the Crimson Tide in 2025.

In 2024, Alabama finished the season with a 9-4 overall record, which was the program’s worst year since that 2007 campaign. Year one of the Kalen DeBoer era, Alabama also finished with a 5-3 record in SEC play, which was the worst since the same mark in 2010.

Nick Saban is just over a year removed from retiring as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide and certainly has made his feelings known about the state of college football.

Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, there have been 11 national champions. Which were the best? We ranked them all.

Notes and observations after the conclusion of the college bowl season and inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff tournament: n The new 12-team format brought added excitement and intrigue to this season’s postseason tournament,

Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer received a puzzling gesture from the man who took over his post at Washington after the 2024/2025 season officially concluded.

The Crimson Tide outscored the Commodores 54-32 in the paint and won the battle on the glass 44-39 while holding Vanderbilt to nearly 10% below its usual field goal percentage of 47.1. It started inside as Alabama came out as the more aggressive and physical team, and the Tide didn't let up through all 40 minutes.