Kalen DeBoer, Head Coach, Alabama This might be a long shot, but DeBoer’s name popped up as a potential candidate at Penn State. DeBoer is one of the SEC ’s top coaches, going 19-7 in two years at Alabama and taking the '25 team to the College Football Playoff. He previously went 25-3 at Washington and 12-6 as the head coach at Fresno State.

Poggi has worked as an interim coach for Michigan in the past, and he's reassumed those duties in response to Moore's firing. We're wondering if Michigan might wait a year to find a long-term replacement and give Poggi a one-year trial run with the job to see how he does. He's technically the most experienced candidate for this specific job.

DeBoer and the Crimson Tide's chief focus can now be on the Sooners after a previous loss to Oklahoma last month put Alabama in several playoff elimination games down the stretch. The Crimson Tide suffered three giveaways during that 23-21 setback in Tuscaloosa despite doubling Oklahoma in total yardage and largely dominating the contest.

Texas football will play Michigan in the Citrus Bowl after missing the College Football Playoff. Here is what to know.

Kalen DeBoer is being predicted to leave the Alabama Crimson Tide for the Michigan Wolverines the moment his team loses to the Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the College Football Playoff in Norman on Friday night.

With Alabama set to face Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff this Friday, there have been plenty of rumors surrounding Kalen DeBoer's future. DeBoer has been Alabama's head coach since 2024, owning a 19-7 record.