Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally knocked off Alabama for the SEC championship, winning 28-7. Georgia likely will get a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Alabama will await its suddenly tenuous fate as the field is announced tomorrow afternoon.

Georgia beat Alabama in the SEC Championship, earning the Bulldogs their 16th overall conference title. Indiana upset Ohio State to win its first Big Ten title since 1967.

Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart picked up his first win against Alabama in the SEC championship game, as he was 0-4 against the Crimson Tide for an SEC title in his career. Smart also improved to 2-7 against Alabama, with his last win coming in the 2022 CFP national championship game.

The Crimson Tide avoided being shut out for the first time since 2000, but its scoring “output” was one of its worst in the 21 st century. Since Nick Saban arrived at Alabama in 2007, Alabama has been held to single digits only two other times.

The No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs take on the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Georgia and Kirby Smart exorcised years of demons with a dominant win over Alabama to win another SEC championship.

Death, taxes, and Alabama vs Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs will face off once again in Atlanta with the conference title on the line. The winner will lock up the conference’s automatic bid in the College Football Playoff.

Georgia (12-1, No. 3 CFP), had been 0-4 against Alabama in the SEC title game and 1-7 against the Crimson Tide under coach Kirby Smart.