Alabama has won two straight blowouts against ranked teams — 42-13 at LSU and 34-0 over then-No. 21 Missouri — since road losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee. The team closes DeBoer’s first regular season against Oklahoma and Auburn.

Alabama football has its traditional non-conference game before closing out the SEC schedule this week. The Crimson Tide faces Mercer Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, in a game it will be expected to win handily.

As Alabama football begins its final stretch of the 2024 regular season, athletic director Greg Byrne said he has been impressed with Kalen DeBoer.