Are those two options the “finalists” from the list you had posted earlier at
Are you sure you would still have to pay 8K/year at South Carolina with Stamps?
If so, how problematic would those 8K/year be to your family? (your earlier post suggested they might not be since you mentioned a budget of 35K/year).
In term of ranking, for Computer Science, Alabama and South Carolina are equivalent.
Did you get to visit their respective Honors College?