College Football Championship: Georgia Vs. Alabama Time, TV, Odds

ATLANTA, GA — It will be an all-SEC National Championship game when the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Time face off on Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It will also be as close to a home game as possible for two squads seeking a national title. UGA is in Athens, just a little over an hour to the east of Atlanta, while Tuscaloosa is a three-hour drive along Interstate 20 to the west.

It's a matchup full of intriguing story lines. Not the least of them is the meeting of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, who led the Bulldogs to a 13-1 season and an SEC Championship in just his second year, and Alabama coach Nick Saban, who was Smart's boss for 11 years at Alabama.

The 12-1 Crimson Tide almost didn't make it into the College Football Playoffs after losing to arch-rival Auburn and failing to capture the SEC West crown. But the committee saw fit to give them a No. 4 seed over Ohio State and they responded by dominating No. 1 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.

Georgia, meanwhile, won a history-making thriller in the Rose Bowl, defeating Heisman Trophy-winner Baker Mayfield and the Oklahoma Sooners 54-48 in double-overtime.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2018 College Football National Championship Game:

Date: Monday, Jan. 8

Game Time: 8 p.m. ET

Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

Television: The game will be broadcast on ESPN

Radio: The game will be broadcast on stations in the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network and the Alabama Crimson Tide Sports Network.

Online: The game will be streaming on WatchESPN.

Betting Odds: Alabama was a 5-point favorite on Friday.

History: Alabama and Georgia have been playing each other at football since 1895. Alabama leads the all-time series, 38-25-5. The Crimson Tide has won the last three meetings between the teams. Georgia has won National Championships in 1942 and 1980. Alabama, meanwhile, has 16 national titles to its credit, dating back to 1925. They have four championships under Saban (2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015).

Jake Fromm of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates after the Bulldogs beat the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game at the Rose Bowl Game at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)