No. 3 Georgia solidified its position for a first-round CFP bye, pounding No. 9 Alabama 28-7 in the SEC championship game Saturday.

ATLANTA — Alabama football made the SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide earned a chance to show why it should be one of the final 12 teams standing for a College Football Playoff National Championship. Instead, Georgia ruled over Alabama.

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As a result, the Hurricanes will go on the road to face Texas A&M and Alabama will travel for a rematch with Oklahoma as the two standout games of the first round. The first round is rounded out by another rematch between Tulane and Ole Miss, and James Madison taking on Oregon as the biggest underdog of this year's playoff.

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