Alabama football 2026 schedule released
The gist
Alabama released its 2026 football schedule, with seven home games including Georgia, Texas A&M and Auburn.
2026 is the SEC's first season with nine conference games, up from eight.
How it unfolded
- Dec 11, 2025Alabama's 2026 football schedule was released, with home games against East Carolina, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas A&M, Chattanooga and Auburn.
- Dec 11, 2025The schedule was announced Thursday night during a special schedule release show on SEC Network; 2026 is the first season under the SEC's nine-game conference scheduling model.
- Dec 11, 2025Alabama opens SEC play at Kentucky on Sept. 12, the second game of the season.
Key terms
- SEC
- An annual preseason media event for the Southeastern Conference, a U.S. college athletic conference based in Birmingham, Alabama.
- conference games
- An NCAA Division I conference that was formerly known as the Western Athletic Conference.
- open date (bye)
- A scheduled week when a team or player does not play a match while others do.
Source: Wikipedia