Trotting toward the tunnel with No. 19 Alabama leading Wisconsin by three touchdowns Saturday at halftime, Kalen DeBoer told his school radio team that the locker room message to his team would be simple.

"Don't let up," he said. "No mercy."

The Crimson Tide took those words to heart. On the first play of the third quarter, Ryan Williams turned a well-executed screen pass into a 75-yard touchdown -- one of five scoring throws from quarterback Ty Simpson -- as Alabama rolled past the Badgers 38-14.

This was the version of Alabama expected in 2025, flexing one of the most talented rosters in college football and reclaiming its spot among the preseason top 10. Left for dead in several College Football Playoff projections after a season-opening loss to Florida State, the Tide have since pla

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