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SEC Championship

SEC Championship
No. 1 Georgia12-124
No. 8 Alabama12-127Final
Sat, Dec 2 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga. (neutral site) · Crowd 78,320 · IndoorsCBS

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

No. 8 Alabama beat No. 1 Georgia by 3 points, the SEC Championship.

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

How the game turned

Alabama aheadGeorgia aheadBiggest swingLow: 15%
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Q4 5:47 Alabama 27, Georgia 17

Alabama 89% to win

Williams 1-yd TD run, Alabama leads 27-17

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 9:31 · Alabama 0, Georgia 7Alabama's win chance fell from 26% to 20%.Milton 17-yd TD run, Georgia goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 12:04 · Alabama 10, Georgia 7Alabama's win chance rose from 26% to 36%.Milroe 28-yd TD pass to Miller, Alabama goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q4 5:47 · Alabama 27, Georgia 17Alabama's win chance rose from 49% to 89%.Williams 1-yd TD run, Alabama leads 27-17

Alabama's lowest chance to win was 15 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 5:47 left in the 4th quarter, Alabama's chance to win went from 49 percent to 89 percent when Alabama scored a touchdown.

The score went from Alabama 20, Georgia 17 to Alabama 27, Georgia 17.

The play: Williams 1-yd TD run, Alabama leads 27-17.

What happened next

  1. Georgia's next game: W 63-3 vs Florida State in the Capital One Orange Bowl, Dec 30

    28 days later

  2. Alabama's next game: L 20-27 vs Michigan in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game, Jan 1

    30 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Dec 2, 2023: Alabama 41, Georgia 34, Sep 28, 2024

    about 10 months 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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