Alabama got the best win of the college football season so far, beating the second-ranked team in the country, Georgia. Now, they are in the driver’s seat to take a spot in the SEC title game.
This season, the SEC eliminated its two divisions, East and West, and combined all 16 teams. The top two teams will play for the conference in Atlanta.
Alabama Is Now In The Driver’s Seat For The SEC Title
The Crimson Tide got one of their most challenging games of the way, and now they will go on the road and play Tennessee in two weeks. If they win that game, they will most likely head to Atlanta in early December.
The SEC title game will be the best conference championship game this season, and it is expected to be a Top-Five matchup.
Will Backus from CBS Sports published an article predicting the conference title games. He has Alabama meeting Texas in the SEC Championship.
Backus had a lot of great things to say about Alabama and Texas, and here were his thoughts about the two teams meeting.
This matchup certainly isn’t a layup, but it makes the most sense at this point. Alabama seized poll position after its win against Georgia, simultaneously snapping the Bulldogs’ 42-game regular season winning streak and proving that the Crimson Tide will still be a national fixture under new coach Kalen DeBoer. Texas’ first SEC test wasn’t as thrilling, as backup quarterback Arch Manning led the Longhorns to a 35-13 win against hapless Mississippi State, but few teams have looked as impressive over the first month. Things ratchet up on Oct. 12 against Oklahoma and Texas has a huge “prove it” game at home against Georgia on Oct. 19. Alabama’s path is far from clear, too, it hosts No. 9 Missouri and travels to No. 4 Tennessee and No. 13 LSU down the line.
The Vols and Tigers should not be discounted in this race. Nor should Georgia, obviously, even with the early season setback.
Alabama has the best team in the country at the moment, and it is led by new head coach Kalen DeBoer and starting quarterback Jalen Milroe, who could be the first quarterback taken in next year’s NFL Draft.
If the Crimson Tide can get past Tennessee, LSU, and Missouri, they will be playing for the SEC title and for one of the top four seeds in the college football playoff, which will get them a bye into the second round.
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