Alabama football landed at No. 17 in the final coaches poll top 25 of the 2024 season. The Crimson Tide finished off Kalen DeBoer’s first season 9-4 after losing the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan.

Five coaches left UA out of the top 25 entirely. DeBoer, also a voter in the poll, put his team a bit higher than the average.

Alabama’s coach placed the Crimson Tide at No. 15, according to USA Today’s reveal of every coach’s ballot. Teams DeBoer placed ahead of Alabama included SMU and Indiana, both squads UA fans were unhappy made the College Football Playoff over UA.

The season came to an end with Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame Monday in Atlanta. The 2024 season was the first that featured a 12-team playoff, which Alabama was the first team out of, doomed by regular-season losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma.

DeBoer ranked Tennessee No. 7, after the Volunteers lost in the first round of the CFP to Ohio State. He did not put Vanderbilt or Oklahoma in his top 25, and put Michigan at No. 22.

Kalen DeBoer’s top 25

1. Ohio State
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas
4. Penn State
5. Georgia
6. Oregon
7. Tennessee
8. Arizona State
9. Ole Miss
10. Boise State
11. SMU
12. Indiana
13. BYU
14. Iowa State
15. Alabama
16. Missouri
17. Illinois
18. Army
19. South Carolina
20. Clemson
21. Miami
22. Michigan
23. Memphis
24. UNLV
25. Syracuse

Final coaches top 25 poll

1. Ohio State
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Arizona State
8. Tennessee
9. Boise State
10. Indiana
11. SMU
12. Clemson
13. Ole Miss
14. BYU
15. Iowa State
16. Illinois
17. Alabama
18. Miami
19. South Carolina
20. Missouri
21. Army
22. Syracuse
23. Memphis
24. UNLV
25. Colorado