A potential new dynasty emerges in college football

The Georgia Bulldogs (9-0, 6-0 in SEC) followed a national championship with a strong start to the 2022 season. Per Oddschecker, Georgia is the favorite to win the College Football Playoff.

SEC Network's Peter Burns suggests the Bulldogs are quickly becoming as dominant a force in college football as Alabama was the previous decade. The Crimson Tide won national titles after the 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020 seasons.

If the Bulldogs win it all, Georgia will become the first team since Alabama in 2011 and 2012 to win back-to-back national championships.

Georgia is 23-1 the past two seasons. The Bulldogs' only loss came in last year's SEC Championship Game against Alabama, 41-24. Then they won a rematch in the College Football Playoff title game, 33-18. 

In addition, all but two of Georgia's wins since 2021 have come by double digits.

Alabama (7-2, 5-2 in SEC) is out of the playoff race earlier than ever during the College Football Playoff era. The team looked vulnerable in wins against CFP-ranked No. 18 Texas and Texas A&M (3-6, 1-5 in SEC).

Head coach Nick Saban, 71, is closer to the end of his coaching career than the beginning. For the first time since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa, the sun looks to be dropping past the horizon.

In Alabama's place is a Georgia team built in Saban's image. The Bulldogs rely on a defense that's the most dominant unit in football — just ask Tennessee if there are any doubts — and an offense that is deadly in its efficiency. Like Saban's best Alabama teams, these Bulldogs rarely make mistakes while forcing critical errors. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was the defensive coordinator for Alabama from 2008-2015.

Georgia has a long way to go in becoming the next great dynasty in the sport. With the increased playoff coming soon, the Dawgs will most likely have plenty of opportunities to win multiple titles. Unlike the BCS era, however, that also means Georgia will need to win multiple playoff games to be crowned champion instead of one.

Athens was already responsible for one great empire. Millennia later, another dynasty takes shape, ready to take over the world.