Alabama Football Learns 2026 SEC Opponents

A week before the 2025 season began the Southeastern Conference announced intentions to move to a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2026. The conference announced new scheduling guidelines requiring its member schools to also play one Power Four non-conference game in addition to the new SEC schedule.

Alabama Football to Play Additional Conference Game Starting in 2026

On Tuesday, the conference office confirmed the reporting, which detailed each program's three permanent SEC opponents, while announcing who the Crimson Tide and the other conference members would face for the upcoming season.

The Crimson Tide is scheduled to play Florida State, East Carolina, and USF in non-conference action. Alabama will play rivalry games against Auburn, Tennessee, and Mississippi State for each of the next four seasons as previously reported. Additionally, the Crimson Tide will take on Georgia, Texas A&M, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina and Vanderbilt in conference play in 2026.

The SEC will rotate the pool of six opponents across four years' time, with each program going to and hosting all 12 remaining league members in opposite years throughout the cycle.

Report: Alabama Football's Permanent SEC Opponents for Next 4 Seasons Revealed

Alabama and Auburn have squared off 89 times in their program's history, while the Crimson Tide has played Mississippi State 108 times and Tennessee 107 times, making the conference's choice of Alabama's annual opponents fairly straightforward.

The LSU Tigers is the program most fans expressed disappointment in losing from Alabama's annual schedule, however the Bayou Bengals will be on Alabama's 2026 schedule, easing the decision to choose Mississippi State over LSU.

The dates for the upcoming games will be revealed in December.

Alabama's 2026 Football Opponents

Florida State
East Carolina
USF
Auburn
Georgia
Texas A&M
South Carolina
at Tennessee
at Mississippi State
at Kentucky
at LSU
at Vanderbilt

Alabama's 2027 Football Opponents

at Ohio State
Non-conference opponent
Non-conference opponent
Tennessee
Mississippi State
Florida
Missouri
Texas
at Auburn
at Ole Miss
at Oklahoma
at Arkansas

Alabama's 2028 Football Opponents

Ohio State
at Oklahoma State
UT-Martin
Auburn
Kentucky
LSU
Vanderbilt
at Tennessee
at Mississippi State
at Georgia
at Texas A&M
at South Carolina

Alabama's 2029 Football Opponents

at Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Non-conference Opponent
Tennessee
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Oklahoma
Arkansas
at Auburn
at Florida
at Missouri
at Texas

The SEC office will reevaluate the annual opponents after the four-year cycle is complete.