Gameday picture · Week 6 · SEC
UGA at BAMA
No. 2 Sat, Oct 10 · TBD · Bryant–Denny Stadium
Desk line: Georgia −3.5, total 51.5. Home underdog against the ballot favorite. Russell has to be the best player; the OL has to survive. Steal a possession and take the fourth quarter.
Spread
BAMA +3.5
Market desk line
Total
51.5
Win
42%
Georgia
27
desk projection
Crimson Tide
24
Desk implied 24–28 · UGA −170 / BAMA +150
Kick weather
74°F
October night in Tuscaloosa · lo 54°F
20% precip
Window
TBD
Sat Oct 10 at Bryant–Denny. Kick TBD. No. 2 Georgia.
Home vs the ballot favorite
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 8 · 8 UGA
Russell vs Gunner Stockton. Experience gap is Georgia's until proven otherwise.
Offensive line
BAMA 7 · 9 UGA
Smart's front is the whole problem. Lloyd's first real SEC gauntlet.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 8 UGA
Brooks and Coleman-Williams vs a Georgia secondary that doesn't gift 46-yarders.
Front seven
BAMA 7 · 8 UGA
Wommack vs a Smart run game. Don't get gashed early.
Secondary
BAMA 6 · 8 UGA
The FSU leak cannot show up here.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 7 UGA
Hidden yards. October night games in Tuscaloosa are field-position fights.
Players to watch
- UGA
Gunner Stockton QB
Even on tools. Georgia's supporting cast is the gap.
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
Even on tools. Georgia's supporting cast is the gap.
- BAMA
Daniel Hill RB
Both rooms can close. First down wins this.
- BAMA
Lotzeir Brooks WR
Don't wait on a 46-yard gift.
- BAMA
Jackson Lloyd OL
The game. If the pocket collapses, the night is over.
- BAMA
Desmond Umeozulu EDGE
Set the edge or the run game ends the script.
Key injuries
- out
Jeremiah Beaman DL · BAMA
Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
- out
Noah Rogers WR · BAMA
A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
- questionable
AK Dear RB · BAMA
Ankle. Missed ECU, Kentucky, and FSU. Week-to-week after that.
- available
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Full go.
- available
Keelon Russell QB · BAMA
23-of-30, 320, 3 TD plus a 57-yard rush score vs FSU. Full go.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
What the tape says
- Protect Russell. Smart's twists are the problem.
- Hill on first down. Stay out of 3rd-and-long.
- Don't trail by two scores at home. The building needs a game.
History
- No. 2 Georgia at Bryant–Denny. The first ballot heavyweight of DeBoer's 2026.
- Alabama is 15–1 at home under DeBoer. This is the 16th.
- October in Tuscaloosa is supposed to be loud. Make it loud.
Roster advantage · vs Georgia
UGA holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Kirby Smart's Georgia (No. 2). Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
-7
0 BAMA · 3 even · 5 UGA