Although DeBoer’s season wasn’t the worst first year for a Crimson Tide coach, it snapped a streak of 10-win seasons. Alabama had won at least 10 games for 16 straight seasons. The last time the Crimson Tide didn’t win 10 games was in 2007, Saban’s first year.

After seeing the program's record-setting streak of season with 10 or more wins come to a halt, as well as failing to make the College Football Playoff, Alabama and coach Kalen DeBoer are poised for significant changes,