One week after suffering a stunning loss at Vanderbilt, No. 7 Alabama did just enough to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive Saturday in a stomach-twisting 27-25 win over South Carolina. While it's inevitable that two-loss teams will qualify for the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff,

Alabama faced the South Carolina Gamecocks in Week 7 for the 16th time in series history. Despite being in the same conference, Alabama and South Carolina do not play each other often, as the last meeting took place in 2019. However, Alabama led the all-time series 11-4 coming into the matchup.