Alabama had been the top selection to win the national championship<\/a> since before the season began. They opened as the 3-1 favorite and were 17-10 after the regular season ended the first week of December. Georgia was 30-1 in August but has been lowered to 3-1.<\/p>\nHistory Between Teams<\/h2>\n
According to the Sporting News Alabama has been favored in 110 of its last 111 games. The last time it wasn\u2019t picked to win was Oct. 3, 2015 when ironically it faced the Bulldogs. The Crimson Tide won, 38-10 and the two teams have not played each other since.<\/p>\n
The two teams are in the same conference but in different divisions and though they have not faced off in two years they are plenty familiar with one another. Georgia Coach Kirby Smart served as Saban\u2019s safeties coach in 2006 and followed him to Alabama eventually becoming the defensive coordinator before leaving in 2015 for the Georgia job.<\/p>\n
Saban has an impressive record against his former assistants. He is 11-0 against them and all of the victories came by a margin of more than 14 points.<\/p>\n
The site of the title game should help Georgia, however. It is being played at the home of the Atlanta Falcons, just an hour away from the school\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alabama went from barely getting in to the College Football Playoffs to the favorite to win it all after defeating Clemson, 28-6, in the Sugar Bowl on New Year\u2019s Day. The fourth seeded team was installed as a 4 \u00bd-point favorite to defeat the other semifinal winner, Georgia, who defeated Oklahoma in double overtime, 54-48. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":66349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Alabama Favorite Against Georgia to Win College Football National Championship<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n