The Dawgs and Tide will meet in SEC country to play for it all.

The Georgia Bulldogs were the first team to punch their tickets to the 2017 college football season’s national title game, beating Oklahoma in an absolute classic in the Rose Bowl semifinal on New Year’s Day. It’s their first-ever Playoff semifinal win.

They will face No. 4 Alabama, which blew out Clemson in the Sugar Bowl edition of their three-year rivalry. The Tide ... are not making their first title run. They pretty much always do this.

ICYMI, UGA head coach Kirby Smart used to be Bama head coach Nick Saban’s defensive coordinator. Expect to hear that about 100,000 times this week.

Location, date, TV schedule, and time:

The 2018 National Championship kicks off in Atlanta on Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, giving the Dawgs something of a home game, though this city’s QUITE familiar to the Tide by now.

The new Atlanta stadium is a fitting venue.

The ridiculous Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the most high-tech building I’ve ever been in. In case you haven’t seen the thing yet:

Entering New Year’s Day, here were the anticipated national title odds:

Gambling futures pegged the Tide as the favorites at 9/5 odds. Then:

• Clemson (5/2)
• Georgia (3/1)
• Oklahoma (7/2)

The likeliest title game outcomes, per that future listing at Vegas Insider:

• Alabama over Georgia (7/2)
• Alabama over Oklahoma (9/2)
• Clemson over Georgia (9/2)
• Clemson over Oklahoma (5/1)
• Georgia over Alabama (11/2)
• Georgia over Clemson (6/1)
• Oklahoma over Alabama (6/1)
• Oklahoma over Clemson (7/1)