Georgia football vs. Tennessee is on CBS. Here's the network's all-time top ranked meetings
Much commotion has been made by UGA football fans about the team's lack of a home night game this season.
Many hoped that Saturday's top-ranked matchup between No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Tennessee would be under Sanford Stadium's lights, but CBS picked up the game for its 3:30 p.m. SEC game of the week.
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Before there's any more moans and groans from Bulldog faithful, the 3:30 time slot on CBS is the game SEC programs want to play each week since the network became a partner with the league in 1996.
Since CBS gets first choice most weeks during the season, it will select the best teams and the best games. The network gets one primetime night slot per season, and this year it used that choice on Texas A&M and Alabama.
CBS used its primetime pick in 2019 for Georgia's game against Notre Dame.
Saturday's 3:30 slot certainly beats playing at noon.
As Saturday's game is possibly the best ranked matchup to ever be played in Sanford Stadium, we took a look at CBS's greatest regular season games.
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No surprise, LSU and Alabama have played several of the highest profiled for CBS, but not this week. CBS has chosen Georgia-Tennessee over Alabama-LSU. This list does not include SEC championship games or bowl games.
Here's some of CBS's highest ranked matchups.
No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Georgia, 2020
While the Bulldogs led 24-20 at halftime, they ran out of steam in the second half and lost 41-24. Stetson Bennett finished 18-of-40 passing for 269 yards with a pair of touchdowns but also three interceptions.
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 LSU, 2019
Led by Joe Burrow and the Tigers' high-powered offense, LSU pulled out a 46-41 win in Tuscaloosa. Burrow passed for 393 yards and three scores. Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa had 418 yards passing and four touchdowns in a losing effort.
No. 1 Alabama at No. 3 LSU, 2018
Behind Tagovailoa's 295 yards passing and Jerry Jeudy's 103 receiving yards, the Crimson Tide rolled to a 29-0 win in Baton Rouge.
No. 2 LSU at No. 4 Alabama, 2015
Derrick Henry rushed 38 times for 210 yards and three touchdowns as the Crimson Tide won 30-16 in Tuscaloosa.
No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Mississippi State, 2014
Dak Prescott passed for 246 yards and rushed for 121 while tallying three touchdowns for Mississippi State as it won 38-23 in Starkville.
No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 4 Alabama
Prescott threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns, but his three interceptions were costly as Alabama beat the Bulldogs 25-20 in Tuscaloosa.
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Auburn, 2013
The famous "Kick SIx" return by Auburn on an Alabama field goal that came up short, the game will be remembered as one of the greatest college endings of all time. Auburn won 34-28.
No. 1 LSU at No. 2 LSU, 2011
Deemed a "Game of the Century," the Tigers pulled out a 9-6 home victory. Alabama got revenge in the BCS National Championship game, however, with 21-0 victory in New Orleans.
No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU, 2009
Tim Tebow returned from a concussion to lead the top-ranked Gators to a 13-3 win at Death Valley. Florida lost to Alabama that season in the SEC championship game, a 1 vs. 2 matchup on CBS, before beating Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
No. 1 Florida State at No. 3 Florida, 1999
Chris Weinke passed for 263 yards and Sebastian Janikowski kicked three field goals to lead the top-ranked Seminoles past the Gators, 30-23, in the Swamp.
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 Tennessee, 1997
Peyton Manning fell again to his biggest nemesis as the Gators beat the Vols for the fifth straight time, including all four years that Manning was at Tennessee.
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Florida, 1996
Manning tried to rally Tennessee back from a 35-0 deficit after six first-half Tennessee turnovers, but his 492 yards passing wen't enough as Florida won 35-29.
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