Still, while this isn't the first time these two have played for a title, it is the first time we've seen a championship game featuring two teams that faced off earlier in the same season. 4 in Atlanta, the Crimson Tide rolled through the Bulldogs 41-24 en route to winning the SEC championship. As a matter of fact, this matchup is not the first meeting this season. Monday night does not mark the first time that Alabama and Georgia have played in the College Football Playoff National Championship. No matter the case, an SEC team will be hoisting the prestigious College Football Playoff National Championship trophy when the dust settles. 3 Georgia will have claimed its first crown in more than four decades. 1 Alabama will have won a second consecutive national title - and seventh of the Nick Saban era - or No. Upon reaching the season's conclusion, either No. Who has the best team in college football? We will find out once and for all on Monday night inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as a wild 2021 college football season comes to an end.