The first truly shocking upset loss of the 2025 college football season took place during Week 1's action on Saturday in the form of Florida State's physical, dominant win over No. 8 Alabama, 31-17.
It's an inauspicious start to Kalen DeBoer's second season helming the Crimson Tide, and matters are not helped by Nick Saban's ever-looming shadow. Even with the Hall of Fame head coach retired, expectations are still incredibly high in Tuscaloosa. A season-opening loss to an unranked Seminoles squad, one in which Alabama looked outmatched on nearly every snap, means the pressure is already on DeBoer to figure out what went wrong and ensure next week is a much different story.
