Somehow, in 2025, with the new parity in college football in the NIL/transfer portal era, we still have the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs playing one another in the SEC Championship Game.
It’s been said for years that teams playing in conference championship games won’t be penalized for losses when it comes to College Football Playoff rankings.
Everyone thought the Crimson Tide was safe coming into championship weekend. But does Alabama's 21-point loss to Georgia create an opportunity for both Miami and Notre Dame to make the 12-team field?
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey made his position clear on Saturday ahead of the Alabama-Georgia championship game. Seven teams from his conference deserve spots in the College Football Playoff, he argued.
ATLANTA–– For the first time in 17 years, Alabama walks away the losing team of a game in Atlanta. You have to go all the way back to Nick Saban's second season and first SEC title game appearance with the Crimson Tide in 2008 when Alabama lost to Florida.
As much as football fans have insisted that Alabama's performance in the SEC Championship Game shouldn't count against their College Football Playoff hopes if they lost, that may not be how the people in charge see things.
ATLANTA — No. 9 Alabama football fell to No. 3 Georgia 28-7 in the SEC Championship on Saturday evening. The large margin of defeat puts the Crimson Tide's
ATLANTA — Alabama walked off the Mercedes-Benz Stadium turf battered in more ways than one, absorbing a 28–7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship and a wave of injuries that could complicate whatever postseason comes next.
As the Tide found itself down 14-0 at the end of the first half, slowly working its way towards a 28-7 loss on Saturday, a blocked punt on Alabama’s second drive of the game played a crucial role in how the rest of the game unfolded.
ATLANTA–– After Alabama's win over Auburn, I wrote from the Jordan-Hare press box that this Crimson Tide team deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff after a 10-2 regular season.
Former Alabama running back, Mark Ingram feels the Crimson Tide should not make the College Football Playoff after losing to Georgia in the SEC Championship.
Alabama’s Ryan Williams came into the SEC Championship game fresh off a weird Iron Bowl performance as he did not receive a target in the game and was kept on the sideline for most of it.
Heading into the SEC Championship, both Alabama and Georgia were widely projected to make the College Football Playoff, regardless of the result. Bama's early struggles versus Georgia now calls into question the Crimson Tide's chances to make the postseason.
The No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs are set to play for the SEC championship on Saturday afternoon. This will be the second meeting between the two schools this season, following Alabama's 24-21 win over Georgia in Athens on Sept.
Alabama and Georgia are set to play one another in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. It will be a rematch of the Sept. 27 contest in Athens, a game Alabama won 24-21.