2023 SEC Championship Game

2023 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Georgia Bulldogs Alabama Crimson Tide
(12–0) (11–1)
24 27
Head coach: 
Kirby Smart		 Head coach: 
Nick Saban
APCoachesCFP
111
APCoachesCFP
888
1234 Total
Georgia 70314 24
Alabama 31437 27
DateDecember 2, 2023
Season2023
StadiumMercedes-Benz Stadium
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
FavoriteGeorgia by 5.5
RefereeKyle Olson [1]
Attendance78,320
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
Westwood One
SEC Radio
AnnouncersBrad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), and Jenny Dell (sideline) (CBS)
Mike Watts (play-by-play), Derek Rackley (analyst) and Taylor Davis (sideline) (Westwood One)
Dave Neal (play-by-play), Cole Cubelic (analyst) and Stephen Hartzell (sideline) (SEC Radio)
SEC Championship Game
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2023 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 4 Georgia xy   8 – 0     13 – 1  
No. 8 Missouri   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 17 Tennessee   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Kentucky   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Florida   3 – 5     5 – 7  
South Carolina   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Vanderbilt   0 – 8     2 – 10  
West Division
No. 5 Alabama xy$^   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 9 Ole Miss   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 12 LSU   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Texas A&M   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Auburn   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     5 – 7  
Arkansas   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Championship: Alabama 27, Georgia 24
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023 SEC Championship Game was a college football game that was played on December 2, 2023, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the 32nd edition of the SEC Championship Game. The contest featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, the West Division champions and the Georgia Bulldogs the East Division Champions.[2] The game began at 4:00 p.m. EST and was televised on CBS for the twenty-third consecutive year, and also the final SEC Championship game to be televised on the network. Alabama won the game by a score of 27–24 and, therefore, became champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for the 2023 season, while ending Georgia’s 29-game winning streak that began in the 2021 Orange Bowl CFP Semifinal.

This was the final SEC Championship Game with a divisional format. On June 1, 2023, after Oklahoma and Texas were confirmed to be joining the conference in 2024, the SEC announced that it would eliminate its football divisions at that time. Future championship games will feature the top two teams in the conference standings.[3]

  1. ^ "Officiating crews for the 2023 college football conference championship games". December 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 SEC Championship Game: Date, time, history". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "SEC Establishes 2024 Football Schedule Format" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. June 1, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2024.