Overview

• Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
• ESPN’s College GameDay is on site, where Nick Saban delivered an on-air apology for prior comments about Vanderbilt.
• Vanderbilt enters 5-0 behind quarterback Diego Pavia’s 17 total touchdowns and one of the SEC’s top rushing attacks.
• Alabama rides a 24-21 win at Georgia, with quarterback Ty Simpson completing about 69% of his passes and committing no turnovers.
• Sportsbooks listed the Crimson Tide as double-digit favorites, and this is the teams’ first ranked meeting since 1937.