The Alabama Crimson Tide earned a Week 5 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. Here are the scores, updates and highlights:

Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan provides his expert prediction for South Alabama vs. Georgia State on Friday in Week 9 of the college football season.

Georgia State lost 41-24 (Over 59) at -6.5 Georgia Southern Saturday. With that setback, GSU continued its own skid: the Panthers have lost 4 in a row. Georgia State has allowed 40-plus points in back-to-back games and in 6 of its last 9 games since last November. The 2025 Panthers rank 136th and last in scoring defense (41.1 PPG).

According to the debut CFP rankings, Alabama owns a victory over four current ranked teams in the eyes of the committee, which are No. 5 Georgia, No. 16 Vanderbilt, No. 22 Missouri, and No. 25 Tennessee. Florida State, Alabama's lone loss, was unranked.

South Alabama plays a more “routine” November, beginning with Saturday’s game vs. Louisiana. The Jaguars have an open date on Nov. 8, before finishing the regular season on consecutive Saturdays at Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 15), at home vs. Southern Miss (Nov. 22) and at Texas State (Nov. 29).

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Georgia women's basketball (1-0) evaded Alabama State to open the season on Monday evening. Here's the final score.

Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels are squarely in the College Football Playoff hunt with the initial rankings set to be revealed on Tuesday night. After an 8-