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Gameday picture · Week 4 · SEC

SC at BAMA

No. 13 Sat, Sep 26 · TBD · Bryant–Denny

Desk line: Alabama −17.5, total 54.5. The referendum. If Peak and Stewart are both right, you can hang around; if either sits, take the points and hunt a Harbor explosive. Kick window TBD.

Spread

SC +17.5

Desk line

Total

54.5

Win

18%

Alabama

desk projection

Gamecocks

Desk implied 19–36 · BAMA −900 / SC +600

Kick weather

84°F

Warm Tuscaloosa night · lo 68°F

20% precip

Window

TBD

Bryant–Denny. No. 13 Alabama. Kick TBD.

The physical. Survive and steal a possession.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

SC 8 · 8 BAMA

Sellers vs Keelon Russell. Dual-threat vs a DeBoer r-freshman with first-round tools.

Offensive line

SC 6 · 9 BAMA

Alabama's front is the best SC will see before Georgia. Peak has to be full-go.

Receivers

SC 7 · 8 BAMA

Harbor can win a go-ball. Everyone else is a camp question against SEC corners.

Front seven

SC 7 · 8 BAMA

Stewart has to dress. Alabama will run it until you prove the edge.

Secondary

SC 6 · 8 BAMA

Don't get stacked. Russell will throw it over the top if you load the box.

Special teams

SC 7 · 7 BAMA

Hidden yardage is how dogs stay in Bryant–Denny.

Availability

Jayden Sellers WR
Season-ending lower body. Mid-August.
out
Jayden Gibson WR
Season-ending lower body. Oklahoma transfer.
out
Jackson Repp WR
Walk-on, also lost in the same stretch.
out
Jacarrius Peak OT
Knee. Targeted back for the SEC stretch if the Week 3 window holds.
probable
Dylan Stewart EDGE
Back. The tell for every SEC Saturday — if he dresses, the edge grade jumps.
probable
Brady Hunt TE
Full go.
available
LaNorris Sellers QB
Full go. The season walks through him.
available
Nyck Harbor WR
Gravitational center of a thinned room.
available

What the tape says

Peak at 100% or this is a long afternoon in Tuscaloosa.
Steal a possession — turnover, fourth-down stand, or a Harbor go-ball.
Don't get run out in the first 20 minutes. The crowd feeds on that.
Sellers designed runs as answers, not as a survival plan.

History

No. 13 Alabama at Bryant–Denny is the first ranked road trip of Beamer's 2026.
Keelon Russell is the r-freshman DeBoer is handing the keys to.
South Carolina has to steal this, not out-talent it.

Roster advantage · vs Alabama

BAMA holds the two-deep

Starter-vs-starter grades for Kalen DeBoer's Alabama (No. 13).

Net grade

-14

0 SC · 1 even · 7 BAMA

Even

LaNorris Sellers

SC 8

Keelon Russell

8 BAMA

Even on talent. Alabama's supporting cast is the gap.

BAMA edge

Matt Fuller

SC 6

BAMA committee

8 BAMA

Don't win this phase. Don't lose it on first contact.

BAMA edge

Nyck Harbor

SC 7

BAMA corners

8 BAMA

Harbor is the one mismatch. Everyone else is coverage bait.

BAMA edge

Jacarrius Peak

SC 6

BAMA front

9 BAMA

The game. If Peak isn't 100%, Sellers is running for his life.

EDGE

BAMA edge

Dylan Stewart

SC 7

BAMA tackles

8 BAMA

Need two sacks or Russell lives in rhythm.

BAMA edge

G. Brownlow-Dindy

SC 6

BAMA interior

9 BAMA

Alabama will maul you if the interior doesn't hold the point.

BAMA edge

Fred Johnson

SC 6

BAMA skill

8 BAMA

Fits have to be perfect. One missed alley is a house call.

BAMA edge

Vicari Swain

SC 6

BAMA receivers

8 BAMA

Play the ball. Don't hunt highlights.