This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness as Nick Saban names the 'top-end' college football teams in the SEC for 2025. Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban is sold on the potential of five SEC programs as "top-end" teams ahead of the 2025 college football season.

As Dabo Swinney melted down to the officials on the opposite sideline, ESPN cameras caught a rare, wry smile from Nick Saban who knew his team just pulled a fast one on the Tigers and ultimately clinch his fourth national title as the Crimson Tide head coach, his first of the CFP era.

Legendary former Alabama coach Nick Saban said the Crimson Tide and four other SEC football teams are the favorites to win the conference in 2025: