The event dates to 1985, meaning the Crimson Tide broke a four-decade streak. Alabama did have wide receiver Ryan Williams and Kadyn Proctor on the first-team offense, but no first-team defensive players for the first time in the event’s history.

In the Preseason Media Poll, Texas received 96 votes to be the last team standing in Atlanta on Dec. 6. The Longhorns came just short of securing the conference title a year ago, losing to Georgia 22-19 in overtime.

SEC Media Days have come and gone, with Alabama taking its turn at the Omni Atlanta Hotel and the College Football Hall of Fame on July 16. Representing the Crimson Tide at the 2025 media event were Kalen DeBoer,

SEC football media days continue on July 16, with Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma making appearances. Check out live updates:

The show then pivots to welcome Jimmy Jenkins to discuss his outstanding project, "Nothing But a Winner". The movie focuses on Paul "Bear" Bryant and Nick Saban and details how the two men not only embody a winning culture, but helped take the state of Alabama forward.

Alabama already made the rounds at SEC Media Days on Wednesday, July 16, but there was still plenty said about the Crimson Tide on Day 4 of the event at the Omni Atlanta Hotel. To end things on Thursday,

Day 3 of SEC Media Days happened on Wednesday, where Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spoke to media members and reflected on his first season with the Crimson Tide, while expressing the belief of his current program headed in to this college football year.

One of the Crimson Tide's leaders this upcoming season, here is a look at everything that Alabama inside linebacker Deontae Lawson said during 2025 SEC football media days. "I think we all just have to be bought in. I think that started right when the bowl game ended, and we just all had to come together."

UNLV head coach Dan Mullen and DB Jake Pope spoke at Mountain West Media Days about bringing SEC discipline, culture, and playoff expectations to the Rebels program.