College Football 2020: 5 bold predictions for Championship Weekend

3. Alabama destroys Florida for SEC title

Alabama (10-0) has been one of the few teams in the nation that gets better each week. The Tide will be taking on the No. 7 Florida Gators (8-2), who are coming off an embarrassing 37-34 loss to the LSU Tigers.

Both the Tide and the Gators are playing in their 13th SEC title game with this game being their 10th time that the teams will meet for the conference crown.

The Tide are coming this game against the Gators as 17-point favorites and this has the capability of being more of a lopsided title game.

This game will be a battle of high-powered offenses led by three Heisman frontrunners. Alabama’s offense, led by quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith, ranks third in the nation in points per game (49.5) and fifth in passing yards per game (338.5). Florida’s offense, led by quarterback Kyle Trask, is ranked 12th in points per game (41.2) and first in the nation in passing yards per game (377).

The biggest difference-maker of the game will be which team’s defense can stop the opposing team’s passing game. The Tide allow 210.3 passing yards per game (53rd in the nation, first in the SEC) as they have better in containing passes from the mid-to-deep range passing plays caused by their safeties not reading the plays. The Tide have three of the most consistent man coverage cornerbacks in Patrick Surtain II, Josh Jobe and true freshman Malachi Moore.

Florida’s defense will likely have a hard time containing Smith on deep plays as they are ranked 70th in the nation (fourth in the SEC) in passing yards allowed per game (221.3). This could be another game for Smith to account for a 200-yard, three-touchdown performance in the biggest stage yet. Smith is currently No. 1 in some of the Heisman Trophy poll rankings.