In this week’s upset alert, College Football Playoff contender Alabama hosts unbeaten and top-ranked Mississippi State in a showdown that decides the frontrunner in the SEC West with a single league contest remaining. Despite three wins this season over previous Top 10 teams this season, the Bulldogs are a near double-digit underdog and haven’t beaten the Crimson Tide since 2007.

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No. 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE at No. 5 ALABAMA, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS — Much of the pre-game talk has centered around Dak Prescott’s last gasp to unseat Marcus Mariota at the top of the Heisman list, but it’s going to take a staunch defensive effort from Mississippi State to thwart Alabama as well. Ranked last against the pass in the SEC this season, the Bulldogs are matched up against one of college football’s most prolific receivers in Amari Cooper and must keep No. 9 in front of them to keep the Alabama offense and Blake Sims away from big plays. Despite nine wins to start the season, Mississippi State has few believers nationally and are expected to step on a landmine that is sure to shake things up in the Playoff race. Dan Mullen’s already diffused several this season and if there’s any team in the country capable of beating the Crimson Tide on their home field, it’s Mississippi State.