The Alabama Crimson Tide earned a Week 5 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. Here are the scores, updates and highlights:

Georgia State lost 41-24 (Over 59) at -6.5 Georgia Southern Saturday. With that setback, GSU continued its own skid: the Panthers have lost 4 in a row. Georgia State has allowed 40-plus points in back-to-back games and in 6 of its last 9 games since last November. The 2025 Panthers rank 136th and last in scoring defense (41.1 PPG).

South Alabama vs Georgia State preview, prediction, and betting lines. Both teams have been interesting, but neither one has won a Sun Belt game.

Both South Alabama and Georgia State need to win out to become bowl-eligible, which means the loser of Thursday night’s game is guaranteed a losing record and no postseason berth. The Jaguars enter the game having lost six straight, while the Panthers have lost four in a row.

Georgia lost three games last season because of its inability to run the football, finishing 102nd nationally in rushing and out-gained on the ground in each defeat. That problem seemed corrected this year, with the Bulldogs ranking in the top 30 and out-rushing Alabama 227-130 on Saturday.

Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the Georgia State Panthers vs. South Alabama Jaguars game, Thursday, Oct. 23.

South Alabama is still alive for a bowl game in 2025, thanks to two huge defensive plays in the fourth quarter.

The Georgia Bulldogs no longer have a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff in Erick Smith's latest bowl projections. Georgia dropped in Smith's projections after the Bulldogs lost 24-21 at home to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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