CFP First Round: No. 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma

Friday, December 19, 2025 | 8 p.m. ET No. 9 Seed Alabama at No. 8 Seed Oklahoma Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Norman, Oklahoma

No. 8 seed Oklahoma will host No. 9 seed Alabama on Friday, December 19 at 8 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN and ABC.

This will mark the Crimson Tide's ninth appearance in the College Football Playoff, while Oklahoma returns to the CFP for the first time since the 2019-20 season and fifth time overall.

Oklahoma leads the series 5-2-1 overall, winning this year's SEC meeting, 23-21. The squads both last met in the postseason in the 2018 Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl where Alabama posted a 45-34 victory.

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NO. 9 SEED ALABAMA

NO. 8 SEED OKLAHOMA

ABOUT THE CRIMSON TIDE
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 10-3 Overall, 7-1 SEC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 30	at Florida State	L 17-31
Sept. 6	ULM	W 73-0
Sept. 13	Wisconsin	W 38-14
Sept. 27	at Georgia	W 24-21
Oct. 4	Vanderbilt	W 30-14
Oct. 11	at Missouri	W 27-24
Oct. 18	Tennessee	W 37-20
Oct. 25	at South Carolina	W 29-22
Nov. 8	LSU	W 20-9
Nov. 15	Oklahoma	L 21-23
Nov. 22	Eastern Illinois	W 56-0
Nov. 29	at Auburn	W 27-20
Dec. 6	vs. Georgia	L 7-28
Dec. 19	at Oklahoma	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
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ALABAMA IN THE POSTSEASON (42-27-3)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1926	Rose	Washington	W 20-19
Jan. 1, 1927	Rose	Stanford	T 7-7
Jan. 1, 1931	Rose	Washington State	W 24-0
Jan. 1, 1935	Rose	Stanford	W 29-13
Jan. 1, 1938	Rose	California	L 0-13
Jan. 1, 1942	Cotton	Texas A&M	W 29-21
Jan. 1, 1943	Orange	Boston College	W 37-21
Jan. 1, 1945	Sugar	Duke	L 26-29
Jan. 1, 1946	Rose	USC	W 34-14
Jan. 1, 1948	Sugar	Texas	L 7-27
Jan. 1, 1953	Orange	Syracuse	W 61-6
Jan. 1, 1954	Cotton	Rice	L 6-28
Dec. 19, 1959	Liberty	Penn State	L 0-7
Dec. 17, 1960	Bluebonnet	Texas	T 3-3
Jan. 1, 1962	Sugar	Arkansas	W 10-3
Jan. 1, 1963	Orange	Oklahoma	W 17-0
Jan. 1, 1964	Sugar	Ole Miss	W 12-7
Jan. 1, 1965	Orange	Texas	L 17-21
Jan. 1, 1966	Orange	Nebraska	W-39-28
Jan. 2, 1967	Sugar	Nebraska	W 34-7
Jan. 1, 1968	Cotton	Texas A&M	L 16-20
Dec. 28, 1968	Gator	Missouri	L 10-35
Dec. 13, 1969	Liberty	Colorado	L 33-47
Dec. 31, 1970	Bluebonnet	Oklahoma	T 24-24
Jan. 1, 1972	Orange	Nebraska	L 6-38
Jan. 1, 1973	Cotton	Texas	L 13-17
Dec. 31, 1973	Sugar	Notre Dame	L 23-24
Jan. 1, 1975	Orange	Notre Dame	L 11-13
Dec. 31, 1975	Sugar	Penn State	W 13-6
Dec. 20, 1976	Liberty	UCLA	W 36-6
Jan. 2, 1978	Sugar	Ohio State	W 35-6
Jan. 1, 1979	Sugar	Penn State	W 14-7
Jan. 1, 1980	Sugar	Arkansas	W 24-9
Jan. 1, 1981	Cotton	Baylor	W 30-2
Jan. 1, 1982	Cotton	Texas	L 12-14
Dec. 29, 1982	Liberty	IllinoisW	1 21-5
Dec. 24, 1983	Sun	SMU	W 28-7
Dec. 28, 1985	Aloha	USC	W 24-3
Dec. 25, 1986	Sun	Washington	W 28-6
Jan. 2, 1988	Hall of Fame	Michigan	L 24-28
Dec. 24, 1988	Sun	Army	W 29-28
Jan. 1, 1990	Sugar	Miami	L 25-33
Jan. 1, 1991	Fiesta	Louisville	L 7-34
Dec. 28, 1991	Blockbuster	Colorado	W 30-25
Jan. 1, 1993	Sugar	Miami	W 34-13
Dec. 31, 1993	Gator	North Carolina	W 24-10
Jan. 2, 1995	Citrus	Ohio State	W 24-17
Jan. 1, 1997	Outback	Michigan	W 17-14
Dec. 28, 1998	Music City	Virginia Tech	L 7-38
Jan. 1, 2000	Orange	Michigan	34-35 (OT)
Dec. 27, 2001	Independence	Iowa State	W 14-13
Dec. 31, 2004	Music City	Minnesota	L 16-20
Jan. 2, 2005	Cotton	Texas Tech	W 13-10*
Dec. 28, 2006	Independence	Oklahoma State	L 31-34
Dec. 30, 2007	Independence	Colorado	W 30-24
Jan. 2, 2009	Sugar	Utah	L 17-31
Jan. 7, 2010	BCS National Championship	Texas	W 37-21
Jan. 1, 2011	Capital One	Michigan State	W 49-7
Jan. 9, 2012	BCS National Championship	LSU	W 21-0
Jan. 7, 2013	BCS National Championship	Notre Dame	W 42-14
Jan. 2, 2014	Sugar	Oklahoma	L 31-45
Jan. 1, 2015	Playoff Semifinal at the Sugar	Ohio State	L 35-42
Dec. 31, 2015	Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton	Michigan State	W 38-0
Jan. 11, 2016	CFP National Championship	Clemson	W 45-40
Dec. 31, 2016	Peach	Washington	W 24-7
Jan. 9, 2017	CFP National Championship	Clemson	L 31-35
2017	Playoff Semifinal at the Sugar	Clemson	W 24-6
Jan. 8, 2018	CFP National Championship	Georgia	W 26-23 (OT)
Dec. 29, 2018	Playoff Semifinal at the Orange	Oklahoma	W 45-34
Jan. 7, 2019	CFP National Championship	Clemson	L 16-44
Jan. 1, 2019	Citrus	Michigan	W 35-16
Jan. 1, 2021	Playoff Semifinal at the Rose	Notre Dame	W 31-14
Jan. 11, 2021	CFP National Championship	Ohio State	W 52-24
Dec. 31, 2021	Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton	Cincinnati	W 27-6
Jan. 10, 2022	CFP National Championship	Georgia	L 18-33
Dec. 31, 2022	Sugar	Kansas State	W 45-20
Jan. 1, 2023	Rose $	Michigan	L 20-27 (OT)
Dec. 31, 2024	ReliaQuest	Michigan	L 13-19
Dec. 19, 2025	CFP First Round	at Oklahoma	TBD

* - Win later vacated due to NCAA ruling

ABOUT THE SOONERS
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 10-2 Overall, 6-2 SEC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 30	Illinois State	W 35-3
Sept. 6	Michigan	W 24-13
Sept. 13	at Temple	W 42-3
Sept. 20	Auburn	W 24-17
Oct. 4	Kent State	W 44-0
Oct. 11	vs. Texas	L 6-23
Oct. 18	at South Carolina	W 26-7
Oct. 25	Ole Miss	L 26-34
Nov. 1	at Tennessee	W 33-27
Nov. 15	at Alabama	W 23-21
Nov. 22	Missouri	W 17-6
Nov. 29	LSU	W 17-13
Dec. 19	Alabama	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
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OKLAHOMA IN THE POSTSEASON (31-26-1)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 2, 1939	Orange	Tennessee	L 0-17
Jan. 1, 1947	Gator	NC State	W 34-13
Jan. 1, 1949	Sugar	North Carolina	W 14-6
Jan. 2, 1950	Sugar	LSU	W 35-0
Jan. 1, 1951	Sugar	Kentucky	L 7-13
Jan. 1, 1954	Orange	Maryland	W 7-0
Jan. 2, 1956	Orange	Maryland	W 20-6
Jan. 1, 1958	Orange	Duke	W 48-21
Jan, 1, 1959	Orange	Syracuse	W 21-6
Jan. 1, 1963	Orange	Alabama	L 0-17
Jan. 2, 1965	Gator	Florida State	L 19-36
Jan. 1, 1968	Orange	Tennessee	W 26-24
Dec. 31, 1968	Bluebonnet	SMU	L 27-28
Dec. 31, 1970	Bluebonnet	Alabama	T 24-24
Jan. 1, 1972	Sugar	Auburn	W 40-22
Dec. 31, 1972	Sugar	Penn State	W 14-0
Jan. 1, 1976	Orange	Michigan	W 14-6
Dec. 25, 1976	Fiesta	Wyoming	W 41-7
Jan. 2, 1978	Orange	Arkansas	L 6-31
Jan. 1, 1979	Orange	Nebraska	W 31-24
Jan, 1, 1980	Orange	Florida State	W 24-7
Jan. 1, 1981	Orange	Florida State	W 18-17
Dec. 26, 1981	Sun	Houston	W 40-14
Jan. 1, 1983	Fiesta	Arizona State	L 21-32
Jan. 1, 1985	Orange	Washington	L 17-28
Jan. 1, 1986	Orange	Penn State	W 25-10
Jan. 1, 1987	Orange	Arkansas	W 42-8
Jan. 1, 1988	Orange	Miami	L 14-20
Jan. 2, 1989	Citrus	Clemson	L 6-13
Dec. 29, 1991	Gator	Virginia	W 48-14
Dec. 24, 1993	John Hancock	Texas Tech	W 41-10
Dec. 29, 1994	Copper	BYU	L 6-31
Dec. 31, 1999	Independence	Ole Miss	L 25-27
Jan. 3, 2001	Orange	Florida State	W 13-2
Jan. 1, 2002	Cotton	Arkansas	W 10-3
Jan. 1, 2003	Rose	Washington State	W 34-14
Jan. 4, 2004	Sugar	LSU	L 14-21
Jan. 4, 2005	Orange	USC	L 19-55
Dec. 29, 2005	Holiday	Oregon	W 17-14
Jan. 1, 2007	Fiesta	Boise State	L 42-43
Jan. 2, 2008	Fiesta	West Virginia	L 28-48
Jan. 8, 2009	BCS National Championship	Florida	L 14-24
Dec. 31, 2009	Sun	Stanford	W 31-27
Jan. 1, 2011	Fiesta	Connecticut	W 48-20
Dec. 30, 2011	Insight	Iowa	W 31-14
Jan. 4, 2013	Cotton	Texas A&M	L 13-41
Jan. 2, 2014	Sugar	Alabama	W 45-31
Dec. 29, 2014	Russell Athletic	Clemson	L 6-40
Dec. 31, 2015	Playoff Semifinal at the Orange	Clemson	L 17-37
Jan. 2, 2017	Sugar	Auburn	W 35-19
Jan. 1, 2018	Playoff Semifinal at the Rose	Georgia	L 48-54
Dec. 29, 2018	Playoff Semifinal at the Orange	Alabama	L 34-45
Dec. 28, 2019	Playoff Semifinal at the Peach	LSU	L 28-63
Dec. 30, 2020	Cotton	Florida	W 55-20
Dec. 29, 2021	Alamo	Oregon	W 47-32
Dec. 29, 2022	Cheez-It	Florida State	L 32-35
Dec. 28, 2023	Alamo	Arizona	L 24-38
Dec. 27, 2024	Armed Forces	Navy	L 20-21
Dec. 19, 2025	CFP First Round	Alabama	TBD

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NO. 9 SEED ALABAMA

NO. 8 SEED OKLAHOMA

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