Jeff Hart

No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game. Julio Jones caught a 73-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Leigh Tiffin booted a 40-yard field goal with 3:04 left to seal a 24-15 victory for the Crimson Tide against No. 9 LSU on Saturday.

Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left Saturday and Navy held on for a 23-21 victory, its second straight at Notre Dame Stadium.

Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score, and Northwestern dealt a crushing blow to Iowa's national championship hopes with a 17-10 victory Saturday.

Gainesville and Jefferson - two teams looking to finish off unbeaten regular seasons and win region titles - did not leave disappointed Friday on the final night of the prep football regular season.

Jackson County finished off its best season since 1993 Friday night with a shocking 26-23 win over Stephens County at The Reservation.

Riverside Military Academy completed its flanking maneuver on a playoff spot in Region 8-AA Friday night with a convincing 27-0 thumping of Dawson County in its regular season finale.

White County now knows what West Forsyth felt like last year as the prep football regular season came to end Friday night.

Mill Creek rallied from a 14-0 halftime lead to beat South Forsyth 24-21 Friday night.

Commerce scored the final 33 points to overcome a quick Prince Avenue lead in taking a 33-7 win in their regular season finale.

No. 1-ranked Gainesville did not look like it was looking past Johnson Friday night in anticipation of next week's showdown with Flowery Branch with the Region 7B-AAA subregion title at stake.