Welcome to the Alabama fan’s rooting guide to the 2025 conference championship weekend.

The Crimson Tide fans, first and foremost, need to root for No. 9 Alabama to beat No. 3 Georgia on Saturday (3 p.m. CT, ABC) in the SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Do that, and the Crimson Tide will lock up a spot in the College Football Playoff as one of the five highest-ranked conference champions. Beating Georgia might also be enough to lock up a first-round bye .

Lose to Georgia, and Alabama still has a high probability of making the playoff. But that is not guaranteed. The CFP committee in the past has not dinged a team for losing an extra game, but the committee has different faces every year. Could this committee go rogue? Maybe. Maybe not.

But in case Alabama (10-2) loses

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