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

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

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

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.

As Alabama prepares for a first-round College Football Playoff date with Oklahoma Friday, Dec. 19, Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb has higher expectations than just Miller's availability. Grubb expects to see a Miller who is revitalized, one who runs like the player who showed up against Eastern Illinois and Auburn.

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

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.