Former Alabama coach Nick Saban makes national championship prediction

ESPN “College GameDay” analyst and former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban predicts that the Georgia Bulldogs will win the national championship. Saban is giving Kirby Smart and company some rat poison ahead of the Bulldogs’ season opener against the Clemson Tigers.

Saban predicts that Georgia will defeat the Texas Longhorns in the 2024 SEC championship game. He has Georgia as the No. 1 team in his projected College Football Playoff.

The former Alabama coach also predicts that Ohio State will win the Big Ten to secure the No. 2 seed. In his prediction, which he made before Week 0, he has Florida State winning the ACC and ending up as the No. 3 seed. He thinks Utah will win the Big 12 to earn the final first round bye of the playoff.

Saban’s No. 5 seed in the playoff is Texas. He predicts that the Longhorns will face Liberty (the No. 12 seed) in the opening round of the playoff. Saban loves the SEC. He has five SEC teams making his playoff including Ole Miss (No. 8), Alabama (No. 7) and LSU (No. 11).

The other teams that Saban predicts will make the playoff are Penn State (No. 9), Oregon (No. 6) and Notre Dame (No. 10).

“It’s gonna be crazy,” said Saban on the expanded playoff. As college football fans, crazy is what we love.