No. 5 Georgia Favored Over No. 17 Alabama

The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs will host No. 17 Alabama in a primetime SEC showdown Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC in Athens, beginning a rare stretch of three consecutive regular-season meetings between the rivals. The game carries College Football Playoff implications; Georgia enters riding a 33-game home winning streak and opened as roughly a 3-point favorite in early betting markets. For fans at Sanford Stadium, Georgia will distribute LED bracelets that light at the start of the fourth quarter as part of a 'light up Sanford' celebration with fireworks and music, and single-seat ticket listings range roughly $516 to $1,885. Kirby Smart will lead the Bulldogs in his tenth season, while Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer used the bye week to push process-focused adjustments as his team prepares for the trip to Athens.