No. 2 Georgia grinds past No. 6 Alabama 20–17 in Tuscaloosa
- Final: Georgia Bulldogs 20, Alabama Crimson Tide 17
- Where: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
- When: Saturday, October 10, 2026
- League: CFB
Georgia went into Tuscaloosa at night and won the way Georgia usually wins: ugly, physical and on purpose. No. 2 Georgia 20, No. 6 Alabama 17.
Georgia jumped out 10–0 on a Peyton Woodring field goal and a 20-yard Gunner Stockton touchdown pass to London Humphreys. Alabama answered: Keelon Russell hit Pritchett for 22 yards, and EJ Crowell plunged in from a yard out with 3 seconds left in the half for a 14–10 Tide lead.
Stockton ran in a 14-yard touchdown in the third quarter to put Georgia back in front, and Alabama tied it at 17 on a 39-yard Talty field goal. Then came the drive that decided it: 84 yards, highlighted by a 37-yard Bo Walker run, finished by Woodring's 23-yard field goal with 5:25 left. Alabama's last real chance ended with a Bolden sack and a punt, and Georgia kneeled it out.
Stockton went 18 of 22 for 249 yards and was never rattled. Dwight Phillips Jr. ran for 120 yards, and Georgia outgained Alabama 455–346. Russell, a talented young quarterback, went 16 of 30 for 185 yards against that defense. After halftime, the Tide managed one field goal in its own building.
Our take: this wasn't a quarterback game or a highlight-reel game. Georgia leaned on people for sixty minutes, and by the fourth quarter the Alabama defense looked tired of tackling. With No. 1 Texas losing earlier in the day, the AI's view is that Georgia is the best team in the country right now.
The AI house lean was Georgia +1.5, and the Bulldogs won outright. That was one of five covers in a 5–1 Saturday, moving the house record to 51–55–2.
The AI house pick: Georgia +1.5, which covered. The all-time house record is 51–55–2. See the Georgia Bulldogs vs. Alabama Crimson Tide pick card for the pre-game reasoning. Every pick is graded in the open on the picks page and the archive, good and bad.
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