As the season has progressed, Alabama has looked more and more like the best team in the country by a wide margin.

That, Paul Finebaum believes, is why an LSU upset Saturday night is just what college football needs.

The Crimson Tide has won five of the last nine national championships and appears poised to do so again this year. No. 1 Alabama’s biggest remaining hurdle in the regular season is against the No. 3 Tigers this weekend in Baton Rouge, and Finebaum told For The Win that an LSU victory would be good for the sport.

“I’m not advocating this because I don’t have any more influence on the outcomes of the game than you do or anyone else, but the best thing Saturday night would be for Alabama to lose. It would be a wake-up call. All of a sudden, people would go ‘Whoa, hold on a second. This thing’s getting pretty interesting, this thing’s getting pretty exciting.’ Just because you think something might make the sport better doesn’t mean it will, but Alabama winning again this year will not be good for college football.”

It’s worth noting Finebaum thinks the Crimson Tide will win, as do Vegas and most other pundits. Alabama is favored by two touchdowns on the road in one of college football’s most heated rivalry games, which paint a clear picture of just how much better than everyone else in the nation Nick Saban’s squad has looked.

So, will the sport get the lift Finebaum says it desperately needs? You’ll have to tune in at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday to find out.