Alabama football has added another player to its 2026 recruiting class. Nick Sherman, a Tuscaloosa native, has committed to the Crimson Tide, he announced Sunday. "Coming HOME, COMMITTED," Sherman wrote on social media.

More is on the line as the College Football Playoff this week for one coach at an SEC powerhouse, an analyst has claimed.

The 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set, and the games begin on Dec. 19. The first round is hosted by the higher seed before the games shift to neutral sites. Here is you need to know: 11 games are set between Dec. 19 and Jan. 19, and each will be broadcast nationally. The first round (CFP seeds, times Eastern):

CBS college football analyst Rick Neuheisel reported Kalen DeBoer plans to stay at Alabama on Friday. “My sources say Kalen DeBoer is happy in Tuscaloosa and will stay there,” Neuheisel said.

The football gods demand it. Alabama belongs in the College Football Playoff. They made eight of the 10 playoffs during the 4-team format, and they finally cracked the field of 12 after what felt like decades when they only missed one.

Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket.

Sherman, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound Tuscaloosa native, joins five-star cornerback Jorden Edmonds and four star Zyan Gibson in Alabama 's 2026 recruiting class. At Itawamba Community College in 2025, Sherman had 24 tackles, one sack and two interceptions.

The first round of the College Football Playoff features two rematches. One of the two rematches pits the Ole Miss Rebels against the Tulane Green Wave. Ole Miss won the September 20 meeting in Oxford by 35 points. Ole Miss is a 17.5-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook for the December 20 showdown.