Ty Simpson is better than Jalen Milroe, so says Paul Finebaum. For that reason and more, the SEC Network analyst believes it will be Alabama contending with Texas for the SEC championship this upcoming season.

In his preseason SEC football power rankings this week, the veteran college football scribe has Alabama at No. 3 behind Texas and Georgia -- the two teams who met in last year's conference title game.

This offseason there is so much unknown when it comes to the quaterback position for the Alabama Crimson Tide will be for the 2025-2026 season. On Wednesday, while at SEC

Simpson and Stockton are expected to face off Sept. 27 when Alabama travels to Athens, Georgia to play the Bulldogs. Neither quarterback started in the game a season ago that Alabama won at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Jalen Milroe and Carson Beck played for their respective teams in that matchup.

According to a recent post on social media, the Alabama Crimson Tide have reportedly extended an offer to one of the nation's top quarterbacks in the 2028 recruiting class. That prospect is quarterback Graham Simpson, who is the younger brother of current Alabama redshirt junior signal caller Ty Simpson.

The Crimson Tide have a huge hole to fill following Milroe's departure to the Seattle Seahawks in 2025 NFL Draft, but already there are three players gunning for his position

Even one of Alabama football's fiercest rivals had nice things to say about potential starting quarterback Ty Simpson.

Ty Simpson feels Alabama football is great team to pick in EA Sports’ newest college football game, College Football 26. Alabama is the highest-rated team in the new video game and has several highly-rated players on their roster.