No. 2 Georgia is traveling to No. 6 Alabama on Saturday night for a rematch of the 2025 SEC Championship Game that will serve as a midseason gauge for where two of the nation's undefeated blue bloods stand. While the stakes of these regular-season showdowns are less seismic in the 12-team College Football Playoff era, they are still high. The winner will be on an inside track to lock up a CFP spot and a possible return trip to the SEC title game.
The loser will be operating on a minimal margin for error with plenty of SEC treachery still ahead. While UGA enters as the higher-ranked team, Alabama has proven more. Coming off a 56-23 win at Mississippi State, the Crimson Tide have scored between 45 and 56 points in every game while knocking off four Power Four opponents in a run that also includes against a road win over a solid Kentucky team.
Georgia is off to a 3-0 start in SEC play, but those three victories came against the conference's three worst offenses. This will be the toughest test yet for the Bulldogs, by a wide margin, as they seek their first road win over Alabama since 2007. As we get set for a battle between the nation's two highest-scoring offenses, let's break down who has the edge at each position.
Alabama sophomore star Keelon Russell is No. 2 in this week's QBPR, which is three spots ahead of No. 5 Gunner Stockton. But Stockton gets the nod in a great quarterback battle because of the experience factor. He's started in SEC Championship and College Football Playoff games.
He was nails down the stretch inside a hostile environment at Tennessee last season and also led Georgia to regular-season wins against teams like Ole Miss and Texas. Additionally, if Hurricane Isaias dumps heavy rainfall on Bryant-Denny Stadium, it will favor Stockton. He is tied for 106th nationally in air yards per attempt at 7.9 compared to 10.1 air yards per attempt for Russell.
Russell passed his first big test as Alabama's starter last week with flying colors in a win at Mississippi State. But this is a new level of challenge as he leads the Crimson Tide against a Georgia team ranked No. 7 nationally in total defense. Edge: Georgia Don't look now, but Alabama junior star Ryan Coleman-Williams hasn't been officially credited with a drop since Week 1.
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