Before Kalen DeBoer became the new coach of Alabama football, he agreed the Crimson Tide belonged in the top four in the sport.
As one of the coaches voting in the US LBM coaches poll, DeBoer ranked Alabama No. 4 in his final ballot of the season released after the national championship game.
DeBoer kept the top four teams in the spot the College Football Playoff committee originally ranked them.
Nick Saban, who announced his retirement this past Wednesday, had the same top four as DeBoer. The highest a coach ranked Alabama was No. 2 (Arkansas State’s Butch Jones), and the lowest was No. 8 (Central Florida’s Gus Malzahn).
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Here’s DeBoer’s full ballot.
Kalen DeBoer top 25 rankings
Michigan
Washington
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Oregon
Florida State
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio State
Penn State
Arizona
LSU
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Louisville
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
Oregon State
West Virginia
SMU
Kansas
Iowa
Fresno State
Nick Kelly is the Alabama beat writer for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network, and he covers Alabama football and men’s basketball. Reach him at nkelly@gannett.com or follow him @_NickKelly on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.
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