Alabama lost just once the rest of the regular season (to Tennessee in late October) to clinch the SEC West title, while Florida won its final five SEC games to take the East. That set up a rematch in the SEC championship game, scheduled for Dec. 4 in Atlanta.

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma Sooners meet Friday in a College Football Playoff first-round game. Kickoff in Norman, Oklahoma, is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

Will Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide beat Brent Venables' Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the CFP? Experts make their picks.

No. 9 Alabama will take on No. 8 Oklahoma in the Crimson Tide's first College Football Playoff game of the Kalen DeBoer era, one secured despite regular-season losses to Florida State and Oklahoma, and a SEC Championship Game loss to Georgia.

Joel Klatt says home field advantage in Alabama's first-round CFP game at Oklahoma can't be ignored. But is it enough for the Sooners to win?

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, who got a side-by-side comparison of OU and Alabama this season, helps break down the first-round CFP game.

Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron announced Wednesday that he is ending his campaign for lieutenant governor of Alabama to pursue a sports-related opportunity. McCarron did not disclose the details of the new position but said “football is calling my name once again.

The Miami Dolphins are benching sixth-year quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Wednesday, one day after coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that "everything's on the table" after his team's 28-15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football.