In the sixth and final part of our 2025 high school football survey preview, the AL.com experts were asked to name one game they didn’t want to miss this fall. One of those games happens on the first Friday of the season.

Alabama's defense is as deep and talented as we've seen in a while despite one crazy stat coming out of the All-SEC selections by the media.

Ryan Williams has inked a major Name, Image and Likeness deal ahead of the 2025 football season. The Alabama football sophomore wide receiver was announced as a Nike athlete, joining a team of athletes such as LeBron James, Kylian Mbappe, Tiger Woods and Simone Biles.

Cary Cox and Holt Rast were teammates at Alabama in the late 1930s, and later served with distinction in the U.S. Army during the war. Cox was part of the Allied campaign in North Africa in 1942, and earned the Bronze Star for bravery during the invasion of Sicily the following year.

Milroe played four seasons with Alabama, working his way up to sixth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2023. The senior threw for 2844 yards in 2024 to accompany 20 rushing touchdowns. He was drafted in the third round of this year’s NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.

Chris Goode beat the odds by going from an Alabama football backup to an NFL veteran. Now he’s looking to beat them in HBCU football.

Alabama football finished just seventh in total offense in the SEC last season. Here's why Kalen DeBoer believes that will improve in 2025.

DeBoer has answers for both Alabama’s offense and defense heading into the 2025 season. When it comes to special teams, the Crimson Tide coach did not sugarcoat things. “That’s the tricky one,” DeBoer said.

Alabama football hasn't won a national championship since 2020. That's a long time, considering Tide years without championships are like dog years.