Defining Success For Ohio State, Michigan and Other Top Programs in 2025
Let’s face it, your team likely isn’t going to win the national championship this season, and that’s probably OK for many programs.
Success can be defined in a multitude of ways for each team entering the 2025 college football season. Obviously, some teams have higher expectations than others, with a nine-win season at one place bringing a lot more joy than a 10-win season somewhere else. For some other places, the expectation might be to play in the final game of the college football season.
The Crimson Tide have never missed the CFP in back-to-back seasons, and I’m sure Kalen DeBoer doesn’t want that on his record. This team has to go to the CFP. Not only that, but I think Alabama probably has to win a game in the CFP, too.
Ryan Grubb reuniting with DeBoer is huge. DeBoer has had plenty of success with Grubb on his staff in the past, including when he was at Washington.
This is a program that was at the pinnacle of the sport. We’ve never seen anyone do what Nick Saban did at Alabama, putting up sustained success that we’ll never see again. We all think DeBoer is a very good coach, but the pressure is mounting.
