Despite missing the College Football Playoff, Alabama finished the 2024 season as the No. 4 team in ESPN’s Football Power Index metric.
The Tide is set to begin the 2025 season with an even higher ranking.
ESPN this week released its FPI rankings for the upcoming season, and Alabama debuts at No. 3 behind only No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Georgia.
We’ll find out at SEC media days in Atlanta next month (July 14-17) where Alabama falls in the SEC’s preseason media poll, and both the preseason Associated Press and coaches polls will come out in August.
Alabama has among SEC’s easier 2025 football schedules, according to ESPN
But for now, FPI is the latest data point on how to gauge Alabama’s chances in 2025. It joins SP+, another ESPN metric that was updated late last month.
ESPN’s projected win total for Alabama is 9.6, and ESPN gives Alabama only a 3.9% chance of finishing undefeated — although that is still the 10th-highest chance in the country.
