Who will win the national title? Alabama-Georgia basketball game may have provided a clue

College basketball season overlaps with the end of the college football season, so it’s not unusual for football teams to play a school their basketball team has already faced.

In fact, in the BCS/College Football Playoff era, there have been three separate occasions in which the National Championship Game was between two schools that had already played in basketball.

According to ESPN Stats & Info, the school that won the basketball game each time also went on to win the football title:

This is the 4th time in the BCS/CFP era where the eventual football Champ Game participants meet in basketball first. Each of the previous 3 times, the winner of the basketball game also won the football game.

Bama at UGA hoops, noon ET on SEC Network

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 6, 2018

Alabama and Georgia, interestingly, met up in Athens on Saturday afternoon, and in a good sign for the Bulldogs, they mopped the floor with the Tide, cruising to an easy 65-46 victory:

Final: Georgia 65, Alabama 46 ? https://t.co/Up82U1hLaB

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 6, 2018

Obviously, this is more of a coincidence than anything else, but the Bulldogs will take any good sign they can get as they head toward Monday’s National Championship Game.

Adam Spencer

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