The Alabama Crimson Tide shut the 2025 faculty football common season with their annual showdown towards Auburn in the Iron Bowl Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
A win and the Crimson Tide (9-2, 6-1 SEC) are in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. A loss and Alabama shall be looking at a second straight 9-3 season, and certain a visit to a different consolation-prize bowl recreation in Florida as an alternative of someplace in the 12-team College Football Playoff.
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Alabama (9-2, 6-1 SEC) is ranked No. 10 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and in the newest CFP rankings. Coach Kalen DeBoer’s workforce defeated Eastern Illinois, 56-0, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Week 13 however fell 23-21 to Oklahoma on Nov. 15 to arrange a win-or-go-home Iron Bowl showdown in the common season finale.
Auburn (5-6, 1-6) will face Alabama with an interim coach in D.J. Durkin after the faculty fired Hugh Freeze on Nov. 3. The Tigers had a bye in Week 12, then defeated the Mercer Bears, 62-17, final week as each the Tide and Tigers feasted on opponents from the Football Championship Subdivision.
Auburn is unranked in the high 25 polls.
Will Alabama keep away from potential Auburn upset in high-stakes Iron Bowl? ESPN makes prediction
Ahead of the ninetieth version of Alabama-Auburn, ESPN’s Bill Connelly predicted who will win utilizing his standard SP+ metrics. Connelly has the Crimson Tide profitable by six factors over Auburn, which closely mirrors what the oddsmakers are saying.
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Connelly’s final score prediction: Alabama 27, Auburn 21.
He provides the Crimson Tide a win likelihood of 65%.
Alabama is looking for its sixth straight win over Auburn, the Crimson Tide’s longest profitable streak in the collection since Bear Bryant’s groups received 9 straight in the Iron Bowl from 1973-81. Alabama has received 9 of the previous 11 conferences courting again to 2014.
Last yr, Alabama defeated Auburn, 28-14, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide lead the all-time collection vs. the Tigers, 51-37-1. Alabama is 7-10 in video games at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Where Alabama football sits in ESPN SP+ rankings coming into Iron Bowl
Alabama is No. 10 in the total ESPN SP+ team rankings, up one spot from final week. The Crimson Tide have an total score of 21.0 (up from 19.9 final week). Alabama is one spot forward of the Miami Hurricanes (20.2), and one spot behind the Utah Utes (21.4) in ESPN’s workforce rankings.
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To break down Alabama’s score by models, SP+ provides the Crimson Tide a 35.7 score on offense (No. 19 nationally), and a 14.3 score on protection (No. 6), which is up one spot from final week. In particular groups, Alabama is given a -0.4 score, which ranks 102nd nationally (down six spots from per week in the past).
Alabama football power of schedule rating up to date in ESPN SP+ coming into
In ESPN’s résumé SP+, Alabama has the nation’s eleventh finest power of schedule, one spot behind the Illinois Fighting Illini and one spot forward of the Oklahoma Sooners.
In the total résumé SP+ scores, Alabama is No. 14 nationally with a score of -20.9.
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What are ESPN SP+ rankings?
According to Connelly, SP+ is “simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football. If you’re lucky or unimpressive in a win, your rating will probably fall. If you’re strong and unlucky in a loss, it will probably rise.”
“SP+ is not a résumé ranking, so it does not automatically give credit for big wins or particularly brave scheduling — no good predictive system does,” he provides.
Alabama football vs. Auburn begin time, channel
Kickoff for Alabama-Auburn in Week 14 of the 2025 faculty football season is 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The recreation shall be televised on ABC.
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Alabama football schedule 2025
All begin instances Central.
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Sept. 6: vs. UL Monroe (W, 73-0)
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Sept. 27: at Georgia (W, 24-21)
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Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt (W, 30-14)
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Oct. 11: at Missouri (W, 27-24)
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Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee (W, 37-20)
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Oct. 25: at South Carolina (W, 29-22)
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Nov. 8: vs. LSU (W, 20-9)
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Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma (L, 23-21)
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Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois (W, 56-0)
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Nov. 29: at Auburn, 6:30 p.m., ABC
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