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 2026 football schedule for all SEC schools was unveiled on Thursday night. The conference's top teams continued to excel this season, as Alabama, Georgia Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas A&M nearly made up half of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff field.

Alabama lost to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game 28-7 on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, handing the Crimson Tide its first loss in a conference title game since 2008.

Future SEC players Zion Crumpton, CD Morgan, Corey Barber and EJ Crowell all had touchdowns as Alabama raced to a 40-10 victory at M.M. Roberts Stadium on the campus of Southern Mississippi.

Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally knocked off Alabama for the SEC championship, winning 28-7. Georgia likely will get a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Alabama will await its suddenly tenuous fate as the field is announced tomorrow afternoon.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Although it’s still the 2025 season, the 2026 football schedules for Alabama and Auburn were both released Thursday night during a special schedule release show on SEC Network.

Alabama football is tied for the most representatives on the 2025 SEC All-Freshman football team. Four Crimson Tide players made the team: tight end Kaleb Edwards, offensive lineman Michael Carroll, defensive lineman London Simmons and cornerback Dijon Lee Jr. Tennessee also had four freshmen make the team.

Alabama football offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor has secured a 2025 SEC football award. Proctor was named as a co-winner of the SEC conference's Jacobs Blocking Trophy along with Texas A&M offensive lineman Trey Zuhn III.

No. 3 Georgia solidified its position for a first-round CFP bye, pounding No. 9 Alabama 28-7 in the SEC championship game Saturday.

Announced by the SEC on Wednesday, Alabama Crimson Tide offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor has been named the co-recipient of the 2025 Jacobs Blocking Trophy.

Alabama's Bray Hubbard, Kadyn Proctor, Ty Simpson, Deontae Lawson, and Parker Brailsford have been named to the 2025 All-SEC team.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is looking to prove that it deserves its spot in the College Football Playoff with a rematch against the Oklahoma Sooners in the first round.One of the biggest factors for Alabama's recent struggles has been injuries that started to add up at key positions.