ESPN feels Alabama football’s game against Tennessee in October will make or break the Crimson Tide’s 2025 football season.
The Crimson Tide lost to the Volunteers on the road 24-17 on last season. This defeat was pivotal in the Tide’s failure to make the playoffs.
Alabama will host Tennessee in 2025.
“Alabama faces some key games the first half of the season, including a trip to Georgia on Sept. 27, but the so-called must-win game in 2025 is the Oct. 18 home matchup against Tennessee, aka the Third Saturday in October,” Chris Low wrote. “The last thing Kalen DeBoer wants in his second season at Alabama is to lose back-to-back games to a rival the Crimson Tide have dominated for much of the past two decades.