FSU will play twice on Friday night, Sept. 26 at Virginia for its ACC opener, and Nov. 21 at North Carolina State. Miami hosts Louisville in a Friday night clash Oct. 17. The Seminoles’ Oct. 18 trip to Stanford will be their first game in California since a 59-20 loss to Oregon in the 2014 College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl.

Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.

Alabama will be without one of its leaders on defense during the entire spring practice window because of a knee injury.

Jaquez Wilkes reported an offer from Alabama football on Monday. Wilkes attends Wadley High School in Alabama, and he is a 2026 prospect. The junior currently garners a four-star rating from most recruiting sites.

USA TODAY is the most recent national outlet to rank the 2020 Crimson Tide as the greatest of the playoff era, joining ESPN.

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer will have massive pressure on him and his program during the 2025 season after the Crimson Tide 's first season not winning 10 games in nearly two decades. According to Pro Football Focus's Dalton Wasserman, there is one essential that must be right for Alabama to live up to its lofty expectations.

This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings also lost. That ensured 10 other former Alabama players — including Minkah Fitzpatrick, Najee Harris, Pat Surtain II, Josh Jacobs and Xavier McKinney — won’t be playing in Super Bowl LIX.

Nick Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, didn't always make the right decisions. In fact, in an interview on Ryan Clark's podcast The Pivot,

The Oregon Ducks are in the mix for 2026 four-star recruit wide receiver Kayden Dixon-Wyatt out of Mater Dei High School in Southern California. In October, Dix

Alabama and LSU fit that description ... and the receiving corps is excellent with Ryan Wiliams, Gemie Bernard and Miami transfer Isaiah Horton, who had 616 yards and five TDs last season.

MOBILE, Ala. — Jalen Milroe might not know it yet, but the first day of the 2025 Senior Bowl on Monday did not go all that well for the Alabama NFL Draft quarterback prospect, and bad day might end up being a win for the Pittsburgh Steelers.