Alabama football bowl projections: Where Crimson Tide stands before facing LSU
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- Alabama football bowl projections: Where Crimson Tide stands before facing LSU
Coming off its second idle week of the 2024 season, Alabama football faces its final stretch, one that will determine where the Crimson Tide ends its season.
That starts Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as No. 11 Alabama faces No. 13 LSU in a battle between two two-loss SEC teams seemingly fighting for a place in the College Football Playoff.
Alabama kicks off against LSU at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at Tiger Stadium on ABC. The Crimson Tide then has games against Mercer, Oklahoma and Auburn to end the regular season.
Here are the latest Alabama bowl projections heading into the LSU game Saturday.
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Alabama vs Iowa ; Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 3 p.m., Dec. 31
247Sports : No. 11 Alabama at No. 6 Ohio State ; College Football Playoff, Dec. 20 or 21
CBS Sports : No. 9 Alabama at No. 8 Penn State ; College Football Playoff, Dec. 20 or 21
Athlon Sports : No. 11 Alabama at No. 6 Texas ; College Football Playoff, Dec. 20 or 21
Action Network : Alabama vs Illinois ; Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 3 p.m., Dec. 31
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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