Alabama Cancels Home-and-Home Series with Big 12 Program

The Crimson Tide will no longer go head-to-head with Oklahoma State in 2028 and 2029, however, Alabama still has a series against Ohio State in 2027 and 2028.

Jan 1, 2026; Pasadena, CA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer watches in the second half against the Indiana Hoosiers at the 2026 Rose Bowl and quarterfinal game of the College Football Playoff at Rose Bowl Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Alabama's home-and-home series with Oklahoma State has been cancelled, per On3's Brett McMurphy.

UA made the announcement official in a press release shortly after the news broke.

"Alabama football’s home-and-home series with Oklahoma State was officially canceled, the two universities announced Thursday.

"The Crimson Tide and Cowboys mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series, which was set to begin in Stillwater in 2028 with OSU traveling to Tuscaloosa in 2029."

Nevertheless, the Crimson Tide will be keeping its home-and-home series against Ohio State for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.

Oklahoma State also made the news official by announcing that it is replacing Alabama's home-and-home with Michigan State.

"The Southeastern Conference's move to a nine-game league schedule was the dominant factor in the schedule change between the Cowboys and the Crimson Tide," Oklahoma State's statement read. "Following SEC shuffling, both OSU and Alabama needed home games during the same season."

The SEC moved from an 8-game league slate to nine, and this upcoming season will be the first iteration of that. The SEC also required that all schools continue to schedule at least one opponent from the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten or Big 12 conferences, or Notre Dame.

As a reminder, each school will play three annual opponents, the remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools, and each team will face every other SEC program at least once every two years and every opponent home and away in four years. Alabama's permanent opponents are Auburn, Tennessee and Mississippi State.

Alabama is now just 121 days from kicking off the 2026 season at home against East Carolina, as football season will be here before we know it.

The Crimson Tide finished its second year under head coach Kalen DeBoer 11-4, with the final loss coming in the College Football Playoff against Indiana at the Rose Bowl. UA was the No. 9 team entering that game and at that same spot in the final AP Top 25 following the Hoosiers' National Championship victory over Miami.

Full 2026 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Schedule:

Home games are in bold.

September 5: East Carolina
September 12: Kentucky
September 19: Florida State
September 26: South Carolina
October 3: Mississippi State
October 10: Georgia
October 17: Tennessee
October 24: Texas A&M
October 31: Open
November 7: LSU
November 14: Vanderbilt
November 21: Chattanooga
November 28: Auburn

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