{"id":313785,"date":"2025-08-24T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/313785\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:07:31","slug":"ea-sports-college-football-26-predicts-alabamas-2025-season-record-and-cfp-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/313785\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Sports College Football 26 predicts Alabama’s 2025 season, record, and CFP fate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1 in college football has officially arrived. The Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a> open the 2025 season against Florida State<\/a> at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday on ABC.<\/p>\n

For the second year in a row, college football fans can take their favorite teams to conference and national championships, compete for the Heisman Trophy, and have some fun by running up the score on a few rivals along the way.<\/p>\n

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With the return of EA Sports’ ‘College Football’ franchise earlier this summer, fans have a rebooted version of a once annual ritual in many households and dorm rooms: an extensive college football video game with matching logos, uniforms, stadiums, updated rosters, and any game day traditions that might have missed the cut in last year’s edition.<\/p>\n

Bonus: star Alabama<\/a> receiver Ryan Williams<\/a> is on the cover of the game next to Ohio State<\/a>‘s Jeremiah Smith.<\/p>\n

With the buildup to another season that’s sure to produce more upsets, wild finishes, and endless debate over which teams belong in the 12-team College Football Playoff, Roll Tide Wire<\/a> had some fun trying to “predict” Alabama’s 2025 campaign by using a simulation in EA Sports’ College Football 26.<\/p>\n

Our simulation wasn’t used with Alabama as the selected team in Dynasty Mode, but rather Ball State. The Cardinals are the lowest-rated team in College Football 26, and would seemingly be the most impartial with regard to overall results. Still, individual game outcomes weren’t influenced, and no tinkering was done to active rosters or player attributes.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what EA Sports’ College Football 26 thinks of Alabama in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.<\/p>\n

Alabama football game-by-game predictions using College Football 26\"Big<\/p>\n

Big Al and the Alabama cheerleaders lead the Crimson Tide onto the field before the 2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal game at the 86th Cotton Bowl in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Alabama defeated Cincinnati 27-6 to advance to the national championship game. [Staff Photo\/Gary Cosby Jr.]<\/p>\n

In our Dynasty Mode simulation, the virtual Crimson Tide recovered from a pair of midseason hiccups and survived several close calls to finish the regular season at 10-2. That turned out to be enough to get them back to the SEC Championship Game for another matchup in Atlanta against the Georgia Bulldogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a game-by-game rundown of Alabama football’s 2025 schedule according to EA Sports’ College Football 26.<\/p>\n

Week 1: Alabama 38, Florida State 31<\/p>\n

Week 2: Alabama 48, UL Monroe 10<\/p>\n

Week 3: Alabama 49, Wisconsin 14<\/p>\n

Week 5: Georgia 31, Alabama 19<\/p>\n

Week 6: Alabama 31, Vanderbilt 13<\/p>\n

Week 7: Missouri 33, Alabama 31<\/p>\n

Week 8: Alabama 22, Tennessee 14<\/p>\n

Week 9: Alabama 41, South Carolina 35 (OT)<\/p>\n

Week 11: Alabama 28, LSU 25<\/p>\n

Week 12: Alabama 38, Oklahoma 24<\/p>\n

Week 13: Alabama 62, Eastern Illinois 7<\/p>\n

Week 14: Alabama 31, Auburn 17<\/p>\n

SEC Championship: Alabama 24, Georgia 17 (OT)<\/p>\n

Alabama earned the No. 3 overall seed in the College Football Playoff after a 10-2 regular season and an overtime win over Georgia in the teams’ rematch in Atlanta. The Crimson Tide’s dominance continued into the playoff, right up until they met a familiar nemesis in the national championship game.<\/p>\n

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CFP quarterfinal: Alabama 35, Texas Tech 24 (Sugar Bowl)<\/p>\n

CFP semifinal: Alabama 41, Michigan<\/a> 29 (Fiesta Bowl)<\/p>\n

CFP National Championship: Clemson<\/a> 37, Alabama 17 (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami)<\/p>\n

Alabama’s final record: 12-3 overall.<\/p>\n

Follow us\u00a0at\u00a0@RollTideWire<\/a>\u00a0on X and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for ongoing coverage of\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: Alabama football season predicted by EA Sports College Football 26<\/a><\/p>\n