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 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.

Instead of making the jump from Tuscaloosa to the NFL, Lawson took a fifth year with the Crimson Tide, one where he basically matched his production from a season ago to set him up for the 2026 NFL draft. Lawson didn't get his initial revenge against Oklahoma in the 2025 regular season, falling to the Sooners 23-21 at home Nov. 15.

It's the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC football title game. Here's how to watch, including time, TV channel and streaming info.

The Auburn Tigers are hosting the Alabama Crimson Tide in a Week 14 college football game. Follow live updates.

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.

Alabama football could have a handful of players back for its first round meeting against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff.

Even though Mississippi lost to Alabama, 40-10, in the MS/AL All-Star Game, local college signees stood out on both sides of the ball. This is the Magnolia State’s sixth straight loss to the neighbors to the east.

Following the Sooners' victory over the Crimson Tide in Bryant-Denny Stadium, numerous Oklahoma players took photos on the roped-off Alabama logo.