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Alabama football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 7 at home and 5 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 28. 9 in the SEC. Next up: at home against East Carolina on Sep 5.

September 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 5 vs East Carolina
Sep 12 at Kentucky
Sep 19 vs Florida State
Sep 26 vs South Carolina TBC

October 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 3 at Mississippi State TBC
Oct 10 vs Georgia TBC
Oct 17 at Tennessee TBC
Oct 24 vs Texas A&M TBC

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 7 at LSU TBC
Nov 14 at Vanderbilt TBC
Nov 21 vs Chattanooga
Nov 28 vs Auburn TBC

Home games at Bryant-Denny Stadium. College football data by CollegeFootballData.com, updated nightly.

Alabama's 2026 season

Alabama plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 7 at home at Bryant-Denny Stadium and 5 away, opening on Sep 5 and finishing on Nov 28. 9 of them are SEC games and 3 are not — which is the shape of a college season: a short non-conference run, most of it early, and then two months inside the conference. The longest run at home is 2 games, from Sep 19 to Sep 26; the longest run on the road is 2, from Nov 7 to Nov 14.

The non-conference games are against East Carolina on Sep 5, Florida State on Sep 19, Chattanooga on Nov 21. Those opponents are not in the SEC, so they do not appear as rows on the conference grid — a cell naming one carries a dotted underline there to say so. They are part of this team's season all the same, which is why they are on the grid at all rather than left as blank weeks.

Kick-off times are shown in your own timezone rather than US Eastern time — detected automatically, and overridable in the “Times in” control above. A Saturday-evening game in the United States is the small hours of Sunday morning across Europe, and a game that crosses midnight carries a +1 so it cannot be mistaken for the same evening. 8 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how Alabama's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full SEC grid puts all 16 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does Alabama play next?

Alabama's next game is at home against East Carolina on Sep 5. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does Alabama play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 7 at home at Bryant-Denny Stadium and 5 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 28. 9 are against SEC opponents and 3 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does Alabama play outside the SEC in 2026?

3 games: East Carolina on Sep 5, Florida State on Sep 19, Chattanooga on Nov 21. Those opponents are not in the SEC, so they have no row of their own on the conference grid — they are marked there with a dotted underline, and named in full on this page.

Why do some of Alabama's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 8 of 12 games have a date but no confirmed time; college football kick-offs are fixed a week or two ahead, and a game can still move to a different day. Those carry a "?" instead of a time, because a placeholder you could not tell from a real time would be worse than none.

What time do Alabama's games start in my timezone?

Every confirmed kick-off on this page is converted to the timezone your browser reports, with a manual override in the "Times in" control. College football is published in US Eastern time, so a Saturday-evening game there starts in the small hours of Sunday across Europe, and those carry a +1 mark.

Other SEC teams

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