Alabama football is feeling good entering its second open date of the 2025 season. The Crimson Tide is 5-0 in SEC play, 7-1 overall, and managed to survive a South Carolina team that it could have easily found a way to lose to, with even Kalen DeBoer acknowledging that UA might not have won earlier in the season.

LSU has a coaching opening, and Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney is being mentioned again. LSU fired Brian Kelly in the middle of his fourth season on Oct. 26 after losing to Texas A&M to drop to 5-3.

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin could prove to be a rather 'tricky' pick to succeed Brian Kelly at LSU. After firing head football coach Brian Kelly, LSU is on the hunt for someone to lead its football program back to national title contention. Could Lane Kiffin be that man?

Joel Klatt named two massive, retired names that would be his first two calls if he were making the hire for the now-open head coaching job at LSU. Then, from there, he named two more who are still actively coaching who would be his third and fourth calls for the Tigers.

LSU made some changes to its offensive staff Monday morning the day after parting with Brian Kelly, starting with the firing of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan.

Week 9 of college football has largely unfolded as expected, even with several close calls. No. 7 Georgia Tech rolled past Syracuse 41-16, No. 4 Alabama edged South Carolina 29-22, No. 10 Vanderbilt beat Missouri 17-10 and No. 2 Indiana cruised to a 56-6 rout of UCLA.

Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Kalen DeBoer may be able to afford one more loss this season and still make the SEC Championship Game.

LSU linebacker Whit Weeks and Alabama wideout Lotzeir Brooks were ruled out on the Friday night SEC availability report.