The 2025 opponents of Alabama football were announced: “Tide will play in Athens for friest.”read on for more
23, FBS offenses averaged the lowest point total since 2009, with just 27.8 points per game. In 2022 and 2023, offenses gained an average of 5.75 yards per play, compared to 5.80 yards per play from 2016 to 2021. Although it may not seem like much, slowdowns in tempo also result in 31 fewer cumulative yards in a game since defenders have made it much harder to gain an advantage through pace.
There are still a lot of intriguing crimes committed. Both the Will Stein-Dillon Gabriel coordinator-quarterback combination and the Andy Kotelnicki-Drew Allar (Penn State) and Mike Denbrock-Riley Leonard (Notre Dame) pairings have the potential to be very interesting at Oregon. Furthermore, Arizona and Memphis ought to be absurdly interesting.
However, defenses could reveal 2024’s story.
With that in mind, here are 12 defenses that, for one reason (they’re wildly talented) or another (the coordinator is doing interesting things), are particularly compelling to me heading toward the fall.
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