TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — If eighth-ranked Alabama is going to return to the College Football Playoff, the Crimson Tide will need to play better away from home.
It starts Saturday with a visit to rebuilding Florida State.
The Tide, who lost four times outside Tuscaloosa in 2024 and failed to reach the CFP despite its expansion to a 12-team bracket, will get an early chance to prove last season’s road woes were more of a fluke than a foreshadowing under second-year head coach Kalen DeBoer.
“You’ve got to start fast,” DeBoer said. “You dig yourself a hole on the road, it gets hard. The crowd gets behind the home team.”
Kickoff at a renovated Doak Campbell Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. on ABC.