The 2017 season’s College Football Playoff National Championship game will feature two teams from the Southeastern Conference. This year marks the first time two teams from the same conference will meet in the title game in the short history of the CFP. The combatants are the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the University of Georgia Bulldogs. Each team has a rich history. The following contains some facts about each school: first football season, overall record, national championships (Awarded by the Associated Press and/or the designated coaches’ poll at the time. Claimed titles while on probation do not count.), conference titles, consensus All-Americans (players voted first team, second team, or third team by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, the Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation), players and coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame, and Heisman Trophy winners.
- Alabama
First Season: 1892
Overall Record: 890-327-43
National Championships: 16
Conference Titles: 30
Consensus All-Americans: 69
College Hall of Famers: 23
Heisman Trophy Winners: 2
2. Georgia
First Season: 1892
Overall Record: 808-419-54
National Championships: 2
Conference Titles: 15
Consensus All-Americans: 33
College Hall of Famers: 17
Heisman Trophy Winners: 2
The game will feature head coaches that know each other very well: the teacher (Alabama’s Nick Saban) and the pupil (Georgia’s Kirby Smart). Smart worked for Saban as an assistant coach for 11 years. The odds makers have made the Crimson Tide a 3.5 point favorite, and the game should be an old fashioned donnybrook. Make no mistake about it—blood, sweat, and tears will accompany this game. Fierce battles will take place in the trenches. Spectacular plays will be made on both sides of the ball. The coaches will be on edge and quick to anger. The tension will mount with each play as the game progresses. Only one team will walk away victorious. Will it be the Crimson Tide or the Dawgs? Whoa Nellie! Let’s bring it on!
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