University of Missouri

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.

It’s homecoming at the University of Alabama. But, tomorrow’s football between the Crimson Tide and Missouri has all the earmarks of a playoff elimination match. Alabama started the season ranked fifth and spent a week at number one after Georgia. Then came losses at Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

Those top 10 rankings have fallen by the wayside for Alabama and Missouri. Still clinging to playoff hopes, the 15th-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 21 Tigers meet Saturday in Tuscaloosa for what amounts to a virtual elimination game.

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