The newly-released 2024 Alabama Football schedule won’t be easy by any stretch of the imagination. However, with the very fabric of college football shifting beneath our feet, we have to view schedules in a vastly different context starting in 2024 and going forward.
With the introduction of a 12-team playoff format, there are built-in mulligans that give Alabama Football and other elite teams an advantage. Under this new system, the dominant teams at the top of the sport are actually incentivized to play much tougher schedules, within reason of course.
The SEC is well ahead of the curve, making sure its top teams do just that.