Alabama and Auburn are set to play two of the most anticipated regular-season games, perhaps ever, in the coming weeks.

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.

R ivals.com national recruiting analyst Adam Gorney predicted this week that the Alabama Crimson Tide will land a 2026 four-star recruit over the Auburn Tigers. Gorney has Alabama

Over at USA TODAY Sports, Alabama moved up to a No. 1 seed, replacing the Tennessee Volunteers in the latest projections from the three-man panel of Eddie Timanus, Erick Smith and Paul Myerberg. The trio see Nate Oats’ team facing projected MAAC champion Marist in a first-round game.

Practices begin for four former Crimson Tide players on Tuesday with Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer scheduled to make a media appearance.

Nate Oats knows that Alabama will need to beat Auburn to achieve some of its goals this year, but a regular season game isn't the main goal.

With last week's winter storm bringing snow and ice to Lee County, East Alabama Health employees faced the challenge with hundreds staying overnight at the hospital and other facilities so they could be at work the next day.

The Auburn Rodeo has announced that one of the hottest music acts to come out of Alabama in recent years will top its 2025 lineup.

No. 14 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) has lost three of its last five games with the setbacks all coming against ranked foes: then-No. 6 Kentucky, No. 1 Auburn and then-No. 6 Tennessee. The Bulldogs notched a 65-60 road victory in overtime versus South Carolina on Saturday. Alabama beat visiting LSU 80-73 on Saturday.

Predictions, picks and odds as Mississippi State faces Alabama this college basketball season. Plus, injury updates and the latest news.

But the 6-foot-1, 180-pound sophomore did find his way back. Tuesday night against Vanderbilt, he led Alabama in scoring, putting up 22 points off the bench in Coleman Coliseum during the Crimson Tide’s 103-87 win.

The Crimson Tide guard scored 22 points on Tuesday night and detailed how he's been grateful to his Alabama teammates after transferring from the Tigers this offseason.