Chris Goode beat the odds by going from an Alabama football backup to an NFL veteran. Now he’s looking to beat them in HBCU football.

Cary Cox and Holt Rast were teammates at Alabama in the late 1930s, and later served with distinction in the U.S. Army during the war. Cox was part of the Allied campaign in North Africa in 1942, and earned the Bronze Star for bravery during the invasion of Sicily the following year.

Both teams have inexperienced quarterbacks, with Gunner Stockton starting for Georgia and Ty Simpson likely starting for Alabama.

In his preseason SEC football power rankings this week, the veteran college football scribe has Alabama at No. 3 behind Texas and Georgia -- the two teams who met in last year's conference title game.

Marcus four-star quarterback Colton Nussmeier remains one of the top prospects in the 2027 Recruiting Cycle as he gears up for his junior ca

While Rivers has far and away the most career yards of total offense on the state list, Jameis Winston holds the single-season record for a player from an Alabama high school or college with 5,077 yards of total offense in 2019 as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback.

Alabama football finished just seventh in total offense in the SEC last season. Here's why Kalen DeBoer believes that will improve in 2025.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq as 2025 Preseason All-SEC football teams revealed: Texas edges Alabama, Georgia. A key moment of the preseason has arrived as the media has revealed its preliminary SEC football power rankings and projected order of finish heading into the 2025 kickoff.

Emmy-winning director Chip Rives, Alabama native & award-winning writer/producer Keith Dunnavant team up for hour-long ‘SEC Storied’ documentary