SEC Championship ·

SEC Championship

No. 1 Georgia12-124
No. 4 Alabama12-141Final
Sat, Dec 4 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga. (neutral site) · Crowd 78,030 · IndoorsCBS

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 4 Alabama beat No. 1 Georgia by 17 points, the SEC Championship.

It was played at a neutral site: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA.

How the game turned

Alabama aheadGeorgia aheadBiggest swingLow: 12%

Q2 0:26 Alabama 24, Georgia 17

Alabama 58% to win

Young 11-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 24-17

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 6:01 · Alabama 0, Georgia 3Alabama's win chance fell from 31% to 28%.Podlesny 38-yd field goal, Georgia goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 14:12 · Alabama 7, Georgia 10Alabama's win chance rose from 12% to 28%.Young 67-yd TD pass to Williams, cuts it to 10-7
  3. 3Q2 9:46 · Alabama 14, Georgia 10Alabama's win chance rose from 32% to 41%.Young 13-yd TD pass to Metchie, Alabama goes ahead 14-10
  4. 4Q2 0:26 · Alabama 24, Georgia 17Alabama's win chance rose from 40% to 58%.Young 11-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 24-17

Alabama's lowest chance to win was 12 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 0:26 left in the 2nd quarter, Alabama's chance to win went from 40 percent to 58 percent when Alabama scored a touchdown.

The score went from Alabama 17, Georgia 17 to Alabama 24, Georgia 17.

The play: Young 11-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 24-17.

What happened next

  1. Alabama's next game: W 27-6 vs Cincinnati in the CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Dec 31

    27 days later
  2. Georgia's next game: W 34-11 vs Michigan in the CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, Dec 31

    27 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Dec 4, 2021: Georgia 33, Alabama 18, Jan 10, 2022

    37 days later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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