How confident are we in Alabama, Michigan & other bowl winners/losers in 2025?

How confident are we in Alabama, Michigan & other bowl winners/losers in 2025?

Author: The Athletic January 6, 2025 Duration: 54:42

Non-playoff bowl season is over. How confident are we in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, and others going into the 2025 season based on their bowl win or loss? David Ubben, Chris Vannini, and Scott Dochterman provide a confidence rating from 1 to 5 (with 5 being most confident) in several teams post-bowl season.


Rundown:

- Michigan is due for a huge 2025 (1:15)

- BYU, 2025 dark horses? (7:30)

- Can Florida's promising end to 2024 carry into 2025? (11:15)

- Will Nebraska plateau next season? (16:15)

- Navy's momentum (19:00)

- Kansas State's upside (23:00)

- Washington & Demond William's encouraging finish (26:00)

- Alabama's bleak 2025? (28:15)

- Brent Venables hot seat watch? (35:00)

- Does Iowa's 2025 hinge on a portal QB? (40:00)

- NC State's in trouble (44:00)

- Colorado's rising stock (47:15)


Hosts: David Ubben (@davidubben), Chris Vanninin (@ChrisVannini), Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman)

Audio editor: John Ross

Executive producer: Cam Molina (@commentatorcam)

Supervising producer: Michael Martinez (@MikeMartinezDC)


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