How Far Did Alabama Rise in Coaches, AP Poll Top 25 Rankings After Tennessee Win?
Zabien Brown’s 99-yard interception return gave Alabama a 16-point halftime lead, helping secure their 37-20 win and causing Tennessee to drop six spots in the coaches poll.
- On Oct. 18, 2025, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team beat the Tennessee Volunteers 37-20 at Bryant-Denny Stadium, avenging last year's loss.
- On the last play before halftime, Zabien Brown intercepted Joey Aguilar and returned it 99 yards, turning a potential 16-14 half into a 23-7 Alabama lead.
- Ty Simpson completed 19-of-29 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns, and Alabama opened with a 91-yard scoring drive before adding 16 unanswered points.
- On Sunday, when the latest coaches poll top 25 rankings were released, the US LBM Coaches Poll rewarded Alabama's win while Tennessee tumbled six places.
- Alabama will travel to South Carolina at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 on ABC, and coach Kalen DeBoer said `Our guys have got an edge to them still` as the team prepares.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer leads the Alabama Crimson Tide players out of the tunnel from their locker room to Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium before every game. The usually stoic DeBoer is usually stoic as he does it, showing little emotion as he fronts the crew of giant Tide players past the glimmering electronic walls, under the words 'Be a Champion' that are mounted above the tunnel exit and out onto the turf. Before Saturday night's…
How far did Alabama rise in coaches, AP poll top 25 rankings after Tennessee win?
Alabama football earned a quality win on Saturday, beating Tennessee 37-20 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. On Sunday, when the latest coaches poll and Associated Press media top 25 rankings were released, The Crimson Tide was rewarded for it.
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