No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama are set for a heavyweight SEC meeting Oct. 10 in Tuscaloosa, with both teams entering unbeaten and sitting at 5-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play.
Alabama is coming off a road rout of Mississippi State, a 56-23 win that gave the Crimson Tide another jolt on both sides of the ball. Quarterback Keelon Russell was sharp throughout, finishing 16 of 22 for 285 yards and four total touchdowns, including three through the air.
Freshman running back Trae'shawn Brown led the ground game with 66 yards and two scores on 14 carries, while Russell distributed the ball widely enough that four pass-catchers finished with at least 40 receiving yards. Lotzeir Brooks topped that group with 96.
The defense also got into the act when Dijon Lee Jr. returned an interception for a touchdown, and freshman linebacker Xavier Griffin led the team with nine tackles, including a sack.
Georgia arrives after a 38-14 home win over Vanderbilt. Gunner Stockton completed 25 of 32 passes for 295 yards and three touchdowns, while Bo Walker and Chauncey Bowens combined for 102 rushing yards and a score on 15 carries.
Through the air, Dwight Phillips Jr. and Landon Roldan accounted for seven catches, 132 yards and two touchdowns between them. On defense, KJ Bolden and Raylen Wilson each finished with seven tackles.
The game will be played at Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and Alabama has plenty of recent history against Georgia to point to. The Crimson Tide lead the all-time series 45-27-4, with the first matchup dating to Nov. 2, 1895, and the most recent coming on Dec.
6, 2025. Alabama is 24-13-4 at home against the Bulldogs and has won eight of the last 10 meetings overall.
The last time these teams met, Georgia handed Alabama a 28-7 loss in the SEC Championship Game, one of the Crimson Tide’s roughest outings of the 2025-26 season. Alabama finished with minus-3 rushing yards and was missing multiple key players.
It was also only the second game that season in which the Tide defense did not force a turnover, the other coming against Oklahoma. Before that, Alabama had already seen Georgia once in 2025 and won 24-21 in Athens.
The atmosphere in Tuscaloosa is expected to be loaded. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will attend the SEC showdown, marking his third trip to Bryant-Denny Stadium in recent years after the 2024 Georgia game and Alabama’s 2019 loss to LSU. Nick Saban and ESPN’s College GameDay crew will also be on the quad for the network’s weekly pregame show.
Kickoff week comes with full radio coverage on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, featuring Chris Stewart on play-by-play, Tyler Watts on color, Damion Square on the sideline and Roger Hoover as host.
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