The Rose Bowl will host No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama to serve as one of two College Football Playoff semifinal matchups, the other being the Sugar Bowl with No. 2 Washington and No. 3 Texas.
The Crimson Tide have played many games in Pasadena and have even participated in a Rose Bowl game that took place in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium because of restrictions imposed during the pandemic.
Overall, Alabama has been fortunate in the historic bowl game, suffering only one loss in the handful of time they’ve participated in it. Soon, it will serve as a permanent College Football Playoff semifinal host site when the format expands from four to 12 teams.