(AP) - Six national championships in 12 seasons vaulted Alabama into its own college football category: THE team to beat.

It’s a designation the eighth-ranked Crimson Tide would like to earn back in 2025.

Alabama failed to meet expectations the last two seasons, slipping into the College Football Playoff to close legendary coach Nick Saban’s career and then getting left out in Kalen DeBoer’s debut season in Tuscaloosa.

Roll Tide? Maybe in the wrong direction.

“There’s a lot of things that I’m super proud of that have happened within the program that are part of the progression,” DeBoer said. “Yeah, we want it right now, too. Yeah, we fell short. … Sometimes there’s ups and downs that you have to go through, unfortunately, that we had to experience. But in the end, we’re going to ta

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