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.

Alabama will host Georgia and Auburn during the 2026 season, while also traveling to Tennessee and LSU. Here is Alabama's complete 2026 schedule.

The Tide will face Chattanooga in 2026 following a mutual agreement with the USF Bulls. Alabama has also scheduled a future matchup with Marshall.

Alabama and South Florida mutually agreed to move next year's game to the 2032 season. The Crimson Tide were scheduled to host the Bulls on Sept. 12, though Alabama will play Chattanooga, an FCS program, instead.

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

Alabama faces a tough stretch in the middle of October. The Crimson Tide will host Georgia on Oct. 10 before traveling to Knoxville for its annual "Third Saturday in October" date with Tennessee. Alabama will return home Oct. 24 for its first home date against Texas A&M since 2022.

Unpack the Crimson Tide's historic 2026 SEC slate, featuring an early conference opener and a tougher, new nine-game format.

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

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 contract with South Florida on April 4, 2019. The Crimson Tide beat the Bulls in each of the first two meetings in 2023 and 2024.

The Crimson Tide and South Florida “mutually agreed” to move the 2026 game to 2032, UA announced Tuesday. Alabama and the Bulls have already played two of three games in the scheduled series. The Crimson Tide is 2-0 so far against the FBS school. The game in Tampa in 2023 was particularly close as Alabama won 17-3.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is focused on a rematch with the Oklahoma Sooners next weekend, aiming to go on a run and use the extra week off to get some much-needed pieces back in the lineup.