Friday, 8 p.m. EST (ABC/ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Alabama by 1 1/2. Series record: Oklahoma leads 5-2-1. What’s at stake? Oklahoma coach Brent Venables and Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer started the season facing pressure from their rabid fanbases.

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer was hit with a clear warning before his team's College Football Playoff game against Oklahoma.

Friday's Oklahoma-Alabama will kick at 8 p.m. ET and air on ABC/ESPN and the ESPN app. "College GameDay" will begin at 6 p.m. ET on Friday on ESPN and the ESPN app. On Saturday, the Miami-Texas A&M game begins at noon ET and will air on ABC/ESPN and the ESPN app. "College GameDay" will begin at its usual 9 a.m. ET Saturday on ESPN and the ESPN app.

Alabama's Ty Simpson and Oklahoma's John Mateer bring contrasting styles to their College Football Playoff matchup.

Alabama Crimson Tide legend and former NFL quarterback has been named head coach of the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL.

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff will begin this weekend. Four College Football Playoff first round games are set to take place. There's one game on Friday night - Alabama vs. Oklahoma - with three games on Saturday.

Bettors aren't rushing to place wagers on the opening week of this season's College Football Playoff, except for Friday night's Alabama-Oklahoma showdown.

The great debate is long over. Alabama and Miami are in the College Football Playoff and Notre Dame is not. The tears are dry, and people will soon have to accept that two Group of 5 teams are in the field.