A high-stakes AP Top 25 game between heavyweights Georgia and Alabama has become an annual expectation for college football fans, but never this early.
The No. 2 Bulldogs visit the No. 4 Crimson Tide on Saturday night for a Southeastern Conference opener and only their third regular-season meeting since 2015.
Of the last eight matchups, four have come in SEC title games and two in College Football Playoff championship games.
This will be only the fifth time since 2000 — and first since No. 1 Alabama beat No. 3 Florida State 24-7 in 2017 — that two top-four teams have met before October.