The Crimson Tide football program announced Tuesday, Dec. 2 it would move its 2026 meeting with the Bulls to 2032 and replace the game with one against Chattanooga. Alabama signed a three-game contract with South Florida on April 4, 2019. The Crimson Tide beat the Bulls in each of the first two meetings in 2023 and 2024.

Alabama football will play Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The game will be played at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 19 in Norman, Oklahoma. The game will be broadcast on ABC/ESPN.

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit doesn't hold back his thoughts on Alabama's unexpected schedule change for the 2026 season.

The Tide will face Chattanooga in 2026 following a mutual agreement with the USF Bulls. Alabama has also scheduled a future matchup with Marshall.

Alabama softball's SEC schedule was released by the league office back in September, but the program announced the full 2026 schedule on Thursday afternoon for Team 30.