SEC football

The University of Alabama is facing off against the University of Georgia in a friendly annual giving competition ahead of the Sept. 28 game in Tuscaloosa. "Beat Week" starts today with the results to be announced at the UA/UGA game on Saturday, where former President Donald Trump will be in attendance.

The first few games of Kalen DeBoer’s tenure at Alabama have gone off well enough to appease even fans spoiled by 17 years of domination under his predecessor Nick Saban. Now come the biggest tests for DeBoer and the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide. That starts with No. 2 Georgia.

Texas is Number 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. Ohio State received five first-place votes and stayed at Number 3 during an off week. Number4 Alabama and Number 5 Mississippi held their places and Tennessee moved up a spot to Number6, flip-flopping with Southeastern Conference rival Missouri.

After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25, a first in the 88-year history of the rankings. Georgia received 54 out of a possible 63 first-place votes to keep a firm hold on number 1. Number 2 Texas jumped a spot after dominating defending national champion Michigan on the road and received four first-place votes. number 3 Ohio State slipped a spot. Then came number 4 Alabama, number 5 Mississippi, number 6 Missouri and number 7 Tennessee from the SEC. Notre Dame tumbled to 18th after being upset by Northern Illinois.

Kalen DeBoer led his team through the pre-game walk of champions, past the statue of Nick Saban and later onto Nick Saban Field. The pre-game hype video included Saban's famous comment in 2010 celebrating the first of his six national titles with the Crimson Tide: "I just want everybody here to know: This is not the end, this is the beginning."

Jalen Milroe isn't resting on his success, not even a little bit. The Alabama quarterback typically rose before 5 a.m. during the offseason to head to the football building, striving for daily improvement as if he's battling for the starting job. But that battle ended last year.

The Alabama Crimson Tide hasn’t lost a season opener since 2001. Tomorrow will be the debut game for Tuscaloosa’s new head coach Kalen DeBoer. The Tide will face the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Bryant Denny Stadium. Las Vegas oddsmakers are predicting that Alabama will win by least thirty points. Offensive Coordinator Kane Wommack says veteran players like defensive back Malachi Moore help motivate the new players on the team…

Georgia is number one in The Associated Press Top twenty five preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the super conference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top ten of the rankings. Alabama is number five.

The Crimson Tide is getting down to business today with new head coach Kalen DeBoer. Fall training camp is getting underway a month ahead of Alabama’s college football season opener against Western Kentucky.

Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days again, six months after retiring as Alabama coach. This time he’s asking the questions as part of ESPN’s SEC Network coverage of the four-day event. Saban retired after 17 seasons with the Tide and three decades as a head coach.