Alabama opened the 2021 college football season as the top-ranked team that was looking to repeat as national champions. However, after suffering a rough road loss to Texas A&M, the Crimson Tide have been fighting an uphill battle to not only win another championship, but to simply make the playoffs.
Now that the team won out and finished the regular season with an 11-1 final record and a current ranking of No. 3, according to the College Football Playoff committee, there’s only one thing standing between Nick Saban and the chance for another title: the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs.
Alabama and Georgia have faced off a few times in recent seasons, whether it be in the regular season, the SEC Championship or even the Nation Championship game, the Crimson Tide walked away with a win in all of them.
Now, Georgia will look to end a six-game losing streak that dates all the way back to 2007. Here are five way Alabama could keep that streak going just a bit longer.