Alabama football has its traditional non-conference game before closing out the SEC schedule this week. The Crimson Tide faces Mercer Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, in a game it will be expected to win handily.

Alabama has won two straight blowouts against ranked teams — 42-13 at LSU and 34-0 over then-No. 21 Missouri — since road losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee. The team closes DeBoer’s first regular season against Oklahoma and Auburn.

After a pair of road losses in October, many fans began calling for first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer's job after his replacement of legendary coach Nick Saban seemed to be going sideways. Two victories followed that latest loss,