According to BetMGM, defending national champion Ohio State is the way-too-early favorite to win it all again in 2025 at +450 odds, while Texas and Georgia are tied for second at +650. Following the two are Oregon at +700, Penn State at +850, and Notre Dame at +1200.

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

While the Crimson Tide finished at No. 17 in the final AP poll of the 2024 season, many sportsbooks have Alabama as a contender for the next College Football Playoff national championship.

After Ohio State beat Notre Dame on Monday to win the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Associated Press released its final poll for the 2024 season. For Alabama football, it was its worst showing in a final AP poll since the start of the Nick Saban era.

Alabama football landed at No. 17 in the final coaches poll top 25 of the 2024 season. The Crimson Tide finished off Kalen DeBoer’s first season 9-4 after losing the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan. Five coaches left UA out of the top 25 entirely. DeBoer, also a voter in the poll, put his team a bit higher than the average.

On3 Sports' Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman released their way-too-early top 25 rankings for the 2025 season on Monday and Alabama checked in at No. 14 in the list. SEC rival Texas checked in at No. 1 with Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, and Notre Dame rounding out the top five.

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.

After the game, "Front Office Sports" on Instagram revealed the future sites for the next five College Football Playoff National Championship Games. The next five will be played in Miami, Florida (2026); Las Vegas, Nevada (2027); New Orleans, Louisiana (2028); Tampa, Florida (2029); and Miami, Florida again in 2030.

Notre Dame players were angry after their loss to Ohio State in the title game. But there was motivation after its College Football Playoff run.

Umpire Brent Sowell played on the offensive line at Alabama from 1982-85 under coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant and Ray Perkins. A Florida native, Sowell spent three seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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