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Alabama’s chances to make the first ever twelve team playoffs may have received a shot in the arm. The Crimson Tide are now ranked number nine in the AP Top twenty five after thrashing LSU in Death Valley forty two to thirteen.

Good news for Alabama and bad news for Georgia and Miami prompted a reshuffling of the AP Top 25. Georgia lost to Ole Miss, prompting the Bulldogs to drop to Alabama’s previous spot at eleven. This is the first time Georgia has been out of the top ten since late in the 2020 season.

Jalen Milroe highlighted a career-high 185 yards rushing with four scoring runs, and the Crimson Tide routed 14th-ranked LSU 42-13 on a rainy Saturday night.

Alabama heads to Baton Rouge for what may be an elimination game against LSU. Neither the Tigers nor the Crimson Tide feels it can lose Saturday’s match up and stay in contention for the playoffs.

The annual Alabama-LSU rivalry is Exhibit A this weekend for how the expanded College Football Playoff has changed what constitutes a high-stakes game in November. Both teams have two losses and neither has a top 10 ranking.

Alabama ticked up to number 14 in the APR Top 25 after delivering the first ever shutdown of Missouri since 2019. The Tigers spent most of the Tide's Homecoming game without its starting quarterback and the backup threw three interceptions as The Tide beat Mizzou thirty four to nothing.

Jalen Milroe lowered his shoulder and knocked down an LSU defensive back. Ultimately, he and No. 8 Alabama did the same thing to the 13th-ranked Tigers, muscling through the latest challenge standing in their way.

Alabama and LSU are set to meet on Saturday night with both teams as usual vying for the SEC Western Division title. The eighth-ranked Crimson Tide hosts a No. 13 LSU team that beat them 32-31 in overtime last season.

After all the angst about Alabama's offense and LSU's defense, they'll meet up with both still having a realistic shot at the Southeastern Conference title.That, at least, is business as usual.

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