USA TODAY
The hype over the latest Game of the Century This Season (This Week) began simmering weeks ago, for good reason. But Alabama-LSU promises to reverberate far beyond Saturday, too, because the winner will likely be everybody’s No. 1 – and because we’re all wondering: What will the loser be?
Which brings us to the upcoming unveiling of the initial College Football Playoff Top 25 ranking. We already know what others think about LSU an Alabama. Tide vs. Tigers is being billed as the first No. 1 vs. No. 1 matchup, with Alabama sitting atop the Amway Coaches Poll and LSU in the top spot in the AP poll.