As for this season, Alabama will face Oklahoma on Friday, December 19 (7 p.m. CT, ABC/ESPN) in Norman, Oklahoma in the first round of the 12-team playoff. If the Crimson Tide wins that game, it will advance to the Rose Bowl to face No. 1 seed Indiana.

The SEC released the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2026 football schedule on Thursday evening. The Crimson Tide opens the season against East Carolina and will enter SEC play in week two against Kentucky on Sept.

Alabama will welcome East Carolina, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas A&M, Chattanooga and Auburn to Tuscaloosa next season

Ty Simpson, Kalen DeBoer and others were all smiles after Alabama's thrilling 34-24 come-from-behind win over Oklahoma in the first round of the CFP.

Alabama football is moving its matchup with South Florida. The Crimson Tide football program announced Tuesday, Dec. 2 it would move its 2026 meeting with the Bulls to 2032 and replace the game with one against Chattanooga. Alabama signed a three-game ...

What does Alabama's final 2026 schedule look like? Here are the official dates: Alabama vs. East Carolina; Saturday, Sept. 5 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Alabama at Kentucky; Saturday, Sept. 12 at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky Alabama vs. Florida State; Saturday, Sept. 19 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The Crimson Tide, along with the rest of its conference peers, will have a nine-game SEC schedule next season.

Alabama is preparing for a high-stakes rematch with Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Heading into the showdown, the conversation surrounding Kalen DeBoer has grown louder, and more complicated than ever.