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 Vols, along with Auburn and Mississippi State, are the three opponents that will be on the Commodores' schedule every year. Vanderbilt will also face Arkansas in 2026 for the first time since 2018. In the SEC's new scheduling format, teams will face their non-permanent opponents once every other year.

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

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.

Alabama Crimson Tide football fans have something to celebrate this holiday season — the 2026 schedule has officially been released by the Sout

The 2026 football schedule dropped yesterday, and it’s just as murderous as you’d expect a nine game SEC slate to be. Check out this October. Alabama faces a tough stretch in the middle of October.