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Fox Sports' Joel Klatt names this 2025 Alabama football opponent as CFP 'party crasher'
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:30 pm
Story by Steve Holley, Roll Tide Wire • 8h
There's one opponent on the 2025 SEC schedule that Alabama football hasn't had much trouble with through the years.
Since the Missouri Tigers joined the SEC ahead of the 2012 season, Alabama has gone 5-0 against the Tigers. After posting a 42-10 victory in a heavy downpour at Faurot Field in Missouri's first year as a conference foe, Alabama's average margin of victory against the Tigers in those five head-to-head meetings has been 28.6 points.
Even amid the ups and downs in coach Kalen DeBoer's first season in Tuscaloosa last year, Alabama had no problem dispatching Missouri with a 34-0 shutout win at Bryant-Denny Stadium a week after their 24-17 loss at Neyland Stadium to Tennessee.
Despite being unranked in the preseason top 25 polls this year, Missouri was arguably the quietest 10-win program in Power Four in 2024. The Tigers reached double-digits wins after closing the year with a 27-24 victory over Iowa in the Music City Bowl. That came 12 months after defeating Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl to cap an 11-2 season.
Could coach Eli Drinkwitz's team take it a step further and reach the 2025 College Football Playoff? At least one prominent analyst believes so. On the Thursday edition of "The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast," the Fox Sports commentator tabbed Missouri as one of four CFP "party crashers" in 2025.
In Klatt's view, Missouri gets the preseason nod over Oklahoma and Auburn as the SEC team that could "come out of nowhere" to snag an at-large spot in the playoff.
"They have been highly successful over the last couple of years," Klatt said of Missouri. "They've recruited well. Drinkwitz has a culture at Missouri, and I'm a fan of Beau Pribula. I know that they haven't settled on a quarterback yet, but I saw him at Penn State last year. Hard for them to keep him off the field at Penn State."
Pribula was the Nittany Lions' backup who entered the transfer portal with his team set to compete in the College Football Playoff last year. Klatt called Pribula's decision to leave Penn State as Drew Allar's backup a "difficult decision" made by "the stupid transfer rules."
Nevertheless, Klatt is high on Pribula and loves the momentum of Missouri's back-to-back 10-win campaigns, the Tigers' defense, and most of all their schedule.
"They hit the schedule lottery in the SEC," Klatt said before pointing out that Missouri's conference slate doesn't include games against preseason No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Georgia, No. 9 LSU, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 17 Florida and No. 18 Tennessee.
Missouri opens its season with six consecutive home games, including a matchup against No. 8 Alabama on Oct. 11 at Faurot Field.
"Guys, watch out for Missouri this year," Klatt said before asking, "Can you beat either Alabama or South Carolina, and then definitely beat A&M on your home field? If they can do that, then I think Missouri has a great chance to be a party crasher."
Alabama vs. Missouri is scheduled for an 11 a.m. CT kickoff on Oct. 11. The game will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.
Alabama football schedule 2025
Alabama opens the 2025 season against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Aug. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC. Florida State is unranked in the preseason top 25 polls.
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Aug. 30: at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., ABC
Sept. 6: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network
Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN
Sept. 27: at Georgia, 6:30 p.m., ABC
Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 11: at Missouri, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN
Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee, TBA
Oct. 25: at South Carolina, TBA
Nov. 8: vs. LSU, prime time
Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma, TBA
Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 29: at Auburn, TBA
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There's one opponent on the 2025 SEC schedule that Alabama football hasn't had much trouble with through the years.
Since the Missouri Tigers joined the SEC ahead of the 2012 season, Alabama has gone 5-0 against the Tigers. After posting a 42-10 victory in a heavy downpour at Faurot Field in Missouri's first year as a conference foe, Alabama's average margin of victory against the Tigers in those five head-to-head meetings has been 28.6 points.
Even amid the ups and downs in coach Kalen DeBoer's first season in Tuscaloosa last year, Alabama had no problem dispatching Missouri with a 34-0 shutout win at Bryant-Denny Stadium a week after their 24-17 loss at Neyland Stadium to Tennessee.
Despite being unranked in the preseason top 25 polls this year, Missouri was arguably the quietest 10-win program in Power Four in 2024. The Tigers reached double-digits wins after closing the year with a 27-24 victory over Iowa in the Music City Bowl. That came 12 months after defeating Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl to cap an 11-2 season.
Could coach Eli Drinkwitz's team take it a step further and reach the 2025 College Football Playoff? At least one prominent analyst believes so. On the Thursday edition of "The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast," the Fox Sports commentator tabbed Missouri as one of four CFP "party crashers" in 2025.
In Klatt's view, Missouri gets the preseason nod over Oklahoma and Auburn as the SEC team that could "come out of nowhere" to snag an at-large spot in the playoff.
"They have been highly successful over the last couple of years," Klatt said of Missouri. "They've recruited well. Drinkwitz has a culture at Missouri, and I'm a fan of Beau Pribula. I know that they haven't settled on a quarterback yet, but I saw him at Penn State last year. Hard for them to keep him off the field at Penn State."
Pribula was the Nittany Lions' backup who entered the transfer portal with his team set to compete in the College Football Playoff last year. Klatt called Pribula's decision to leave Penn State as Drew Allar's backup a "difficult decision" made by "the stupid transfer rules."
Nevertheless, Klatt is high on Pribula and loves the momentum of Missouri's back-to-back 10-win campaigns, the Tigers' defense, and most of all their schedule.
"They hit the schedule lottery in the SEC," Klatt said before pointing out that Missouri's conference slate doesn't include games against preseason No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Georgia, No. 9 LSU, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 17 Florida and No. 18 Tennessee.
Missouri opens its season with six consecutive home games, including a matchup against No. 8 Alabama on Oct. 11 at Faurot Field.
"Guys, watch out for Missouri this year," Klatt said before asking, "Can you beat either Alabama or South Carolina, and then definitely beat A&M on your home field? If they can do that, then I think Missouri has a great chance to be a party crasher."
Alabama vs. Missouri is scheduled for an 11 a.m. CT kickoff on Oct. 11. The game will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.
Alabama football schedule 2025
Alabama opens the 2025 season against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Aug. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC. Florida State is unranked in the preseason top 25 polls.
All times Central.
Aug. 30: at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., ABC
Sept. 6: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network
Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN
Sept. 27: at Georgia, 6:30 p.m., ABC
Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 11: at Missouri, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN
Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee, TBA
Oct. 25: at South Carolina, TBA
Nov. 8: vs. LSU, prime time
Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma, TBA
Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1 p.m., ESPN+
Nov. 29: at Auburn, TBA
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Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:38 pm to TrueLefty
Who is joel klatt?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:40 pm to TrueLefty
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:48 pm to TrueLefty
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most of all their schedule.
"They hit the schedule lottery in the SEC," Klatt said before pointing out that Missouri's conference slate doesn't include games against preseason No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Georgia, No. 9 LSU, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 17 Florida and No. 18 Tennessee.
Not making the playoff with that schedule would be a massive fail.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:56 pm to TrueLefty
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I am not surprised to see you post to discredit anything about Missouri in general.
I am not surprised that you would not know that people don’t know who this dude is. It’s like if a 5th grader made a statement about how easy your schedule is and saying you might luck out in a game which isn’t going to happen in order to get clicks. Good grief.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:01 pm to Clark14
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I am not surprised that you would not know that people don’t know who this dude is. It’s like if a 5th grader made a statement about how easy your schedule is and saying you might luck out in a game which isn’t going to happen in order to get clicks. Good grief.
He has been in many articles that others posted about SEC. You just the only one attack the article because it is about Missouri in general. You need to get help. Please go away!
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:02 pm to TrueLefty
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He has been in many articles that others posted about SEC. You just the only one attack the article because it is about Missouri in general. You need to get help. Please go away!
It’s best you go away, but where would we be about your bk rants and such
Carry on.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:07 pm to TrueLefty
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Fox Sports' Joel Klatt
An idiot and a B1G homer.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:11 pm to Volatile
Also he looks like the Shaun demon from The Good Place.
Posted on 8/16/25 at 3:23 am to TrueLefty
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Posted on 8/16/25 at 3:36 am to TrueLefty
Missou has never beaten Bama. I see no reason to say they will now even without Saban as the talent discrepancy is just too much to overcome. Vandy pulled off a once in a while upset.
Posted on 8/16/25 at 3:41 am to Saunson69
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Missou has never beaten Bama. I see no reason to say they will now even without Saban as the talent discrepancy is just too much to overcome. Vandy pulled off a once in a while upset.
What you are saying Vandy is a better football team than Mizzou.
Posted on 8/16/25 at 5:01 am to TrueLefty
I'm gonna be honest man, I ain't reading all that!! But good luck to y'all this year!
Posted on 8/16/25 at 8:41 am to TrueLefty
Good luck. See you in October.
Posted on 8/16/25 at 8:47 am to TrueLefty
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Alabama vs. Missouri is scheduled for an 11 a.m. CT kickoff on Oct. 11. The game will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.
With that 11 AM kickoff, I can see we have already captured the country's football imagination. Then again, last season's 34-0 BAMA victory could still be on everyone's mind.
But you go, girl.
Posted on 8/16/25 at 9:00 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:I concur.
Not making the playoff with that schedule would be a massive fail.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 2:03 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Missouri's conference slate doesn't include games against preseason No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Georgia, No. 9 LSU, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 17 Florida and No. 18 Tennessee.
How is this possible?
Posted on 8/20/25 at 2:06 pm to Clark14
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Who is joel klatt?
In the Big 12 championship game that Texas won over Colorado 70-3, Klatt got kncoked out and had to spend a couple of weeks in the hospital.
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