Live Blog from Alabama Football's Game at South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C.–– No. 4 Alabama (6-1, 4-0 SEC) is coming into Saturday's matchup at South Carolina (3-4, 1-4 SEC) after four straight wins against ranked opponents. The Gamecocks have had a disappointing season so far relative to preseason expectations, but head coach Shane Beamer says his team is the healthiest it has been in a long time.

Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC. BamaCentral is in Williams-Brice Stadium and will be providing updates throughout Saturday's game.

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Live Blog

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FINAL SCORE: Alabama 29, South Carolina 22

In-game updates

Fourth Quarter

Alabama escapes.

South Carolina has the ball at the 16 with 11 seconds left.

Alabama squibs the kick, and South Carolina is only able to return it out to its own 9 with 0:29 on the clock. No timeouts for the Gamecocks.

Germie Bernard carries it into the end zone from 25 yards out on the trick play. By the time he passed the first level of the defense, South Carolina let him score to keep some time on the clock. Alabama 29, South Carolina 22- 0:34 4Q

After an incompletion on second down, Alabama calls a timeout with 0:42 left. Tide now has two timeouts remaining.

Simpson completes a pass to Williams for no gain. SC calls a timeout with 0:46 left

Miller rushes for eight yards, and Simpson completes to Rico Scott for a first down to the 25. South Carolina calls timeout with 54 seconds left.

After review, call is upheld. Alabama ball with 1:38 left and all three timeouts.

WOW. HUGE turnover for the Alabama defense. Tim Keenan forces a fumble, and Alabama recovers at the South Carolina 38.

James Smith jumps offsides for the second time. The penalty makes things a lot more managable for the Gamecocks–– second-and-4 instead of second-and-9

South Carolina's students are edging up all the way to the bottom of the student section, preparing for a field storm.

South Carolina will start at the 30 after an offsides on the kickoff by Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.

Four-yard touchdown to Germie Bernard pulls Alabama within two with 2:16 to go. Trick play to Cuevas for the two-point conversion to tie the game. Hill took the direct snap, handed it to Simpson, who passed it to Cuevas. Alabama 22, South Carolina 22- 2:16 4Q

Another screen to Jam Miller for a first down inside the five. Alabama is really melting down the clock on this drive though. Just over three minutes left in the game.

Alabama is really utilizing the screen game on this drive. Another one for Jam goes for a first down inside the red zone.

Back-to-back first-down gains for the Tide. First, an 11-yard rush from Hill, and then a 10-yard screen to Williams.

Alabama converts another third down, this time from Simpson to Cuevas as the Tide nears midfield.

Alabama will NOT go three-and-out this time. Simpson connects with Bernard on third-and-7 for a first down.

It's show up or shut up time for Alabama's offense, trailing by eight with 10 minutes to go after three straight three-and-outs

On third-and-1, Sellers keeps from 10 yards out for a touchdown. South Carolina 22, Alabama 14- 10:00 4Q

The Alabama defense gets a stop to open the fourth quarter, but Alabama muffs the punt. South Carolina recovers at Alabama's 30. Defense has to go right back out on the field.

END 3: South Carolina 15, Alabama 14

Third Quarter

Final play of the third quarter is a designed QB run for Sellers that goes for six yards. He now has 52 yards on the ground.

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Alabama's offense goes three-and-out. Third straight time this half and fifth time overall in the game. Simpson is now 15 for 31.

South Carolina has reclaimed the lead for the first time since the early first quarter on Joyce's 47-yard field goal. South Carolina 15, Alabama 14- 1:38 3Q

Alabama gets a stop on third-and-6 from the 29, and South Carolina will settle for its fourth field goal attempt.

South Carolina is back in Alabama territory after a big rush from Sellers.

A hands to the face penalty derails Alabama's drive, and the Crimson Tide will punt again. Simpson had time to throw on third-and-11, and Bernard was open over the middle for a potential big gain, but Simpson throws too high. Yucky day for the Alabama offense continues.

Yhonzae Pierre forces the pressure that causes an incompletion on third-and-9. South Carolina will punt with 8:19 to go in the third quarter.

Blake Doud with a 60 yard punt for Alabama to flip the field position. Can the Tide defense get another stop or turnover?

Alabama offense can't answer. Tide goes three-and-out for the third time today.

This is the loudest the South Carolina crowd has been all day.

The very next play is a 54-yard touchdown pass from LaNorris Sellers to Nyck Harbor for South Carolina. Two-point attempt falls incomplete. Alabama 14, South Carolina 12- 10:59 3Q

Simpson scrambles about a foot short of the marker on first down, and Alabama can't pick that yard up on the next three downs. A fourth-and-two pass falls through Williams' hands. Alabama's first drive of the second half ends with a turnover on downs.

After review, Germie Bernard's catch on third down is reversed to a first down.

Alabama will start at the 35 after a squib kick to open the second half.

HALFTIME: Alabama 14, South Carolina 6

South Carolina dominated in time of possession, holding the ball for 19:15 of the first 30 minutes.

Daniel Hill leads all receivers with 71 yards.

Alabama has two (no that is not a typo) rushing yards at halftime.

Ty Simpson completed just 52 percent of his passes in the first half.

Alabama got outplayed for much of that half, but the Tide has the lead thanks to DaShawn Jones' pick six.

Second Quarter

Simpson completes a screen to Bernard. He takes it down to the 18 and tries to find a way to the end zone, but time runs out in the half.

It's basically going to come down to one last play in the half with two seconds left from the 41.

Simpson scrambles for a first down on fourth-and-2 from the 44. Alabama doesn't call a timeout after though, and the Crimson Tide is running out of time to score.

Williams' third catch of the day goes for a first down out of bounds to stop the clock.

The Tide has been really successful at the end of first halves this season. Offense will start at own 35 with 1:23 to go.

Alabama forces a three-and-out and only has to use one timeout. Offense will get the ball back with a little under 1:30 left.

Justin Jefferson with a sack on first down. Alabama calls its first timeout with 1:39 left in the half.

Ty Simpson finds Josh Cuevas in the middle of the end zone from the 4 on fourth-and-goal. Alabama 14, South Carolina 6- 1:45 2Q

Alabama tries the "krispy" package with a handoff to Kadyn Proctor on second-and-goal from the 3. It goes for a one-yard loss.

On third-and-7, Simpson escapes pressure and finds an open Daniel Hill, who takes it down inside the South Carolina 10. 41-yard gain.

Two completion for first downs to start the drive: one to Bernard and one to Williams.

Alabama will start at its own 19, trying to put together its first offensive scoring rive of the day.

South Carolina is still trailing despite outgaining the Tide, 178-45

A screen on third down is well short of the marker. South Carolina will settle for another field goal. Joyce's 34-yard field goal is good. Alabama 7, South Carolina 6- 4:23 2Q

An incompletion on second down sets up third-and-22 from the Alabama 24.

Another holding once again pushes the Gamecocks back. A TFL by Dijon Lee makes it second-and-22.

A holding on first down negates a Sellers rushing touchdown. Then, a penalty on Alabama for unnecessary roughness negates a good play for the Alabama defense. Gamecocks now have the ball at the Alabama 12.

South Carolina decides to go for it out of the timeout. Gamecocks conver the fourth-and-12 with a 22-yard completion to Jayden Sellers.

Sellers escapes a sack on third down, but his scramble only goes for two yards, setting up an in interesting decision for the SC coaching staff. Fourth-and-12 from their own 35. William Joyce already missed a 47-yard field goal in this game.

After the fourth-down conversion, Red Morgan gets a TFL on a designed QB run. Incomplete pass on second down brings up third-and-14.

South Carolina uses a couple chunk plays to get into Alabama territory and then converts a fourth-and-1 from the Alabama 35.

DeBoer was NOT HAPPY after that fumble.

Simpson is blown up from his blind side and fumbles on the play. South Carolina recovers at its own 42 with 11:36 to go in the second quarter.

Simpson is starting to get more comfortable. He finds Ryan Williams down to the South Carolina 34.

Alabama takes advantage of the redo with a screen to Daniel Hill. He makes on man miss and takes it 21 yards down the sideline for a first down.

After review, SC did have 12 players on the field. The five-yard penalty makes it third-and-20 from the 20 for Alabama.

Simpson completes it to Isaiah Horton over he middle, but he is well short of a first down. The officials are reviewing how many players South Carolina had on the field at the time of the snap.

Jam Miller has a 31-yard run negated by a holding penalty on Kam Dewberry. Simpson's next pass is batted down, and Alabama is facing a third-and-25 from its own 15.

First play of the second quarter for the Alabama offense is a trick play with Germie Bernard running the ball. It loses seven yards.

South Carolina misses a 47-yard field goal on the opening play of the second quarter. Another big stop for the defense.

END 1: Alabama 7, South Carolina 3

Alabama somehow has the lead at the end of the first quarter despite being outgained 128-11.

First Quarter

On third-and-9 from 35, Justin Jefferson has a huge hit to keep South Carolina short of the sticks. That will be the final play of the first quarter.

Nikhai Hill-Green misses a tackle in the backfield on a screen, and Rahsul Faison takes it 33 yards into Alabama territory.

The Alabama offense goes three-and-out for the second straight possession to open this game. Ty Simpson is 1-of-3 for 6 yards.

The ball sails just past the fingertips of Ryan Williams on a deep shot on first-and-10 for Alabama.

Deontae Lawson has a nice PBU on third down, and South Carolina will go three-and-out after the pick six.

Second game in a row with a pick six for the Alabama defense after previously not having one since 2023.

DJ said GIMME THAT! 😤@DashawnJones_

📺: ABC pic.twitter.com/R9BGurFtRx
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) October 25, 2025

What a momentum swing for Alabama. Tipped ball bounces into the hands of DaShawn Jones on the first play of South Carolina's second possession. He returns it 18 yards for the touchdown. Alabama 7, South Carolina 3- 5:17 1Q

Obviously not an ideal start for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama goes three-and-out on its first possession with the Gamecocks getting a sack on third-and-4. After not allowing a sack all of last game against Tennessee, the Tide already has one on the opening drive against SC.

South Carolina kicks the ensuing kickoff out of bounds, and Alabama will have decent field position to start the game on offense.

15-play, 74-yard drive that milked nearly half of the time off the clock in the first quarter. Disappointing start for the Alabama defense, but it has to be happy that it held the Gamecocks to 3 instead of 7. Sellers had 20 rushing yards on the opening drive.

William Joyce's 24-yard field goal is good as South Carolina takes the first lead of the game. South Carolina 3, Alabama 0- 7:32 1Q

Smith redeems himself with a TFL on third-and-2 at the 4, holding South Carolina to a field goal.

Gamecocks are down inside the red zone after a completion to Donovan Murph.

Sellers scrambles for a first down on third-and-2 as SC is knocking on the door of the red zone.

LaNorris Sellers has back-to-back QB runs for sizable gains to have the Gamecocks right at midfield.

Alabama had South Carolina's offense in a third-and-5 situations. James Smith jumps offsides, giving the Gamecocks a free play and first down. Smith has had several costly penalties on the Alabama defense this season.

Conor Talty kicks it off, and South Carolina returns out to the 20. This game is underway.

Pregame

Legendary WBB coach Dawn Staley is in the house for the matchup.

South Carolina wins the toss and elects to receive.

Alabama DB Red Morgan is FIRED UP for this one. He showed a little love to the South Carolina student section as he was coming out of the tunnel.

Dijon Lee looks to maintain his starting spot over Domani Jackson
— Joe Gaither (@JoeGaither6) October 25, 2025

There's a good smattering of Crimson throughout the stands mixed in with the garnet and black.

Alabama scholarship players not spotted in pregame warmups with the SEC travel roster limit in effect: WR Jalen Hale, OL Casey Poe, OL Mal Waldrep, OL Roq Montgomery, OL Micah DeBose, OL Arkel Anugwom, WR Lotzeir Brooks, TE Danny Lewis, DT Jeremiah Beaman, OLB Qua Russaw, OLB Jah-Marien Latham, ILB Cayden Jones

Looks like Jaeden Roberts will be getting his second straight start at right guard. VanDeMark is participating in warmups.

Alabama first team offensive line in warmups:

LT Kadyn Proctor
LG Kam Dewberry
C Parker Brailsford
RG Jaeden Roberts
RT Wilkin Formby
— Hunter De Siver (@HunterDeSiver) October 25, 2025

DeBoer has a long one-on-one conversation with LT Overton at the beginning of team warmups.

Kalen DeBoer is once again wearing the "black hoodie of death."

Alabama is wearing its traditional all-white road uniforms with the crimson helmets. South Carolina is wearing garnet on garnet with white helmets.

An announcement was just made in the press box that the kick time between Alabama and South Carolina is 2:50 CT

South Carolina's student section is definitely late-arriving today. An hour before the scheduled kickoff time, and I'd say it's probably not even 10 percent full.

Offensive lineman Geno VanDeMark is listened as a "game-time decision for Alabama on the official pregame availability report.

Alabama arrives to Williams-Brice a little over two hours before kickoff.

Today's officials: Daniel Gautreaux (referee), Ryan Aulds (umpire), Jake Weatherford (head linesman), Jeremiah Harris (line judge), Jay Brown (field judge), Brandon Spencer (side judge), David Ross (back judge), Ron Turner (center judge), David Almand (replay official)

NFL Scouts in the Alabama-South Carolina press box:

Ravens (2)
Bills (2)
Browns (2)
Colts (2)
Steelers (2)
Vikings (2)
Bears (1)
Saints (1)
Giants (1)
Jets (1)
49ers (1)
Chargers (1)
Panthers (1)
Broncos (1)
Eagles (1)
NFL representative (1)
— Hunter De Siver (@HunterDeSiver) October 25, 2025

South Carolina has white rally towels in every seat of the student section.

South Carolina students will be waiving these towels today for their homecoming matchup against Alabama pic.twitter.com/a2AQPJHQ7v
— Joe Gaither (@JoeGaither6) October 25, 2025

It is a beautiful fall day for football in South Carolina–– sun in the sky with crisp fall air. It will probably get pretty chilly by the fourth quarter though.

How to Watch: No. 4 Alabama at South Carolina

Who: Alabama (6-1, 4-0 SEC) vs. South Carolina (3-4, 1-4 SEC)

When: Saturday, October 25

Where: Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

TV and kickoff time: 2:30 p.m. CT, ABC

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network (Play-By-Play: Chris Stewart, Color: Tyler Watts)

SiriusXM: Home 84, Away 191

Series: Alabama leads, 12-4

Last meeting: The Crimson Tide narrowly escaped a scare from the Gamecocks on October 12, 2024, in Tuscaloosa. South Carolina had the ball on the final play of the game, but Alabama cornerback Domani Jackson intercepted LaNorris Sellers to seal a 27-25 win.

Last time out, Alabama: Alabama defeated Tennessee 37-20 on October 18 inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, taking revenge for the Volunteers' 2024 Third Saturday in October victory. The win was the Crimson Tide's sixth straight and fourth in a row against a ranked team.

Last time out, South Carolina:The Gamecocks lost 26-7 at home to Oklahoma, dropping their second straight contest and suffering their fourth loss in five games. South Carolina's unrelenting schedule presented two ranked opponents before Alabama, and the team lost both matchups.

Live Blog

FINAL SCORE: Alabama 29, South Carolina 22

In-game updates

Pregame

How to Watch: No. 4 Alabama at South Carolina

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