Gameday picture · Week 4 · SEC
SC at BAMA
Sat, Sep 26, 7:00 PM · ESPN · Bryant–Denny Stadium
Six days out. Market: Alabama −11.5, total 53.5. Implied 33–21; desk projection 33–21. Win% ~81. Sat Sep 26, 7:00 p.m. ET ESPN at Bryant–Denny. SC is 2–1 after a 16-point collapse. Alabama just hung 50 and still wants to start faster. Sell the panic if the secondary leaks early; buy the two-deep if Russell is on schedule before Sellers finds Harbor.
Opponent last out
Mississippi State 41, South Carolina 34
Gamecocks blew a 16–0 lead in the SEC opener. Bryant–Denny is the first road Saturday.
- South Carolina led 16–0. Mississippi State outscored them 41–7 over the next 24 minutes.
- LaNorris Sellers 25-of-40, 282 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT.
- Kamario Taylor 4 TD passes. Fluff Bothwell 115 rush.
Spread
BAMA -11.5
Market desk line
Total
53.5
Win
81%
South Carolina
21
desk projection
Crimson Tide
33
Market implied 33–21 · BAMA −420 / SC +330
Kick weather
82°F
Warm Saturday night · lo 64°F
20% precip
Window
ESPN
Sat Sep 26, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN. SEC home opener at Bryant–Denny.
Sellers on the road after a 16-point collapse
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 8 · 7 SC
Russell vs LaNorris Sellers. Dual-threat vs dual-threat. Alabama's supporting cast is the gap.
Offensive line
BAMA 8 · 6 SC
Lloyd–Sanders–Delgatty–Carroll–James vs a front that just gave up 41.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 6 SC
Brooks 101 vs FSU. Harbor is still SC's mismatch if Peak keeps Sellers clean.
Front seven
BAMA 7 · 6 SC
Wommack has to fix the 377. Stewart and the SC edge are the road answer.
Secondary
BAMA 6 · 6 SC
Sellers 282 vs MSU. If Alabama's secondary leaks again, 81% walks down.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 6 SC
Talty has been automatic. Orsan just hit two 50s in Columbia.
Players to watch
- SC
LaNorris Sellers QB
Sellers 25-of-40, 282, 2 TD, 2 INT vs MSU. Russell just posted 320.
- SC
Matt Fuller RB
Hill plus Brown/Crowell. Fuller a 6-yard score and a 25-yard TD pass.
- SC
Nyck Harbor WR
Harbor is still the SC mismatch. Brooks just went for 101.
- SC
Jacarrius Peak OL
Peak was Available for MSU. Protecting Sellers on the road is the game.
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
Sellers 25-of-40, 282, 2 TD, 2 INT vs MSU. Russell just posted 320.
- BAMA
Daniel Hill RB
Hill plus Brown/Crowell. Fuller a 6-yard score and a 25-yard TD pass.
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.
- questionable
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Undisclosed. Uncertain vs South Carolina.
- 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
- Start faster. Two three-and-outs vs FSU is the tell Sellers will script to.
- Sellers designed runs as answers, not as a survival plan — Wommack has to set the edge.
- Harbor vs Zabien Brown / Dijon Lee. Don't let one shot flip 81%.
- Hill on first down. If Alabama is 2nd-and-4, Grubb can play the call sheet.
History
- South Carolina is 2–1, 0–1 SEC after blowing a 16–0 lead in a 41–34 home loss to Mississippi State.
- Alabama 3–0, 1–0 SEC, No. 10. 15–1 at home under DeBoer. 90-game Bryant–Denny streak vs unranked.
- SC's first road game of 2026. Beamer 5-of-6 losses in SEC openers now sits in the tape.
Roster advantage · vs South Carolina
BAMA holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Shane Beamer's South Carolina. Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
+8
6 BAMA · 2 even · 0 SC