USA TODAY Sports predicts Alabama vs. Oklahoma football winner in CFP

Alabama Football travels to Norman for its first College Football Playoff game under coach Kalen DeBoer and a matchup against the Oklahoma Early in the first round of the CFP on Friday.

Alabama (10-3) is the 9th seed in the CFP and 11th in the rankings. Survey of LBM coaches in the United States; Oklahoma (10-2) is the No. 8 seed and ranks No. 8 in the top 25 polls. The winner will advance to the CFP semifinals at the Rose Bowl to face No. 1 Indiana (13-0) on New Year’s Day.

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The Crimson Tide reached the playoffs after finishing the regular season as the top seed in the SEC, then falling in an ugly 28-7 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the conference title game on December 6. Ty Simpson was held to 212 yards while completing 19 of 39 passes. He was sacked three times and threw one interception. Germie Bernard scored Alabama‘s only scored points on a 23-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

Oklahoma closed out the regular season with a 17-13 victory over the LSU Tigers. Sooners quarterback John Mateer threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns, including the eventual game-winner to Isaiah Sategna III with just over four minutes left.

Alabama fell to Oklahoma, 23-21, in the regular season on November 15 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Will Alabama win a rematch against Oklahoma and avoid a first-round playoff exit?

USA TODAY Sports prediction for Alabama vs. Oklahoma football in CFP first round

USA TODAY Sports’ college football experts revealed their weekly picks and forecasts for every bowl game and CFP game, including Alabama-Oklahoma.

“As we did throughout the regular season, our panel of experts once again looks at who could emerge victorious in all the bowls, as well as the first round games of the playoffs.”

The six-man panel of Timanus, Paul Myerberg, Matt Hayes, Blake Toppmeyer, Erick Smith and Jordan Mendoza is split down the middle.

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Myerberg, Smith and Timanus see Alabama winning Friday’s game. Hayes, Toppmeyer and Mendoza lead the Sooners to beat the Tide for the third time in 13 months.

What is the history of Alabama football against the Oklahoma Sooners?

Oklahoma leads the all-time series against Alabama, 5-2-1. The Sooners have won the last two games against the Crimson Tide and are 5-1 against Alabama in the last six meetings in the series dating back to 2002. Alabama’s only victory during that span was a 45-34 victory in the CFP semifinals at the Orange Bowl on December 29, 2018.

The Sooners beat the Tide, 24-3, in the last meeting between the two in Norman on Nov. 23, 2024. It was the first time Alabama failed to score a touchdown in a game since the 2011 “Game of the Century” against LSU at Bryant-Denny Stadium, a 9-6 overtime loss to the Tigers.

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In the regular season game in Tuscaloosa in Week 12, the Crimson Tide turned the ball over three times, leading to 17 points for Oklahoma in the 23-21 loss. Conor Talty also made a partially blocked 36-yard field goal to end the first half.

Here are the game-by-game results for Alabama vs. Oklahoma over the years.

• 2025: Oklahoma 23, Alabama 21 (Tuscaloosa)

• 2024: Oklahoma 24, Alabama 3 (Norman)

• 2018: Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34 (Orange Bowl)

• 2013: Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 (Sugar Bowl)

• 2003: Oklahoma 20, Alabama 13 (Tuscaloosa)

• 2002: Oklahoma 37, Alabama 27 (Norman)

• 1970: Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 (Bluebonnet Bowl)

• 1963: Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 (Orange Bowl)

Alabama football: CFP record, head-to-head results

Here are the game-by-game results of every College Football Playoff game Alabama has played in since 2014.

• 2015: Alabama 45, Clemson 40 (CFP National Championship)

• 2016: Clemson 35, Alabama 31 (CFP National Championship)

• 2017: Alabama 24, Clemson 6 (Sugar Bowl)

• 2017: Alabama 26, Georgia 23 (CFP National Championship)

• 2018: Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34 (Orange Bowl)

• 2018: Clemson 44, Alabama 16 (CFP National Championship)

• 2020: Alabama 31, Notre Dame 14 (Rose Bowl in Arlington, Texas)

• 2020: Alabama 52, Ohio State 24 (CFP National Championship)

• 2021: Alabama 27, Cincinnati 6 (Cotton Bowl)

• 2021: Georgia 33, Alabama 18 (CFP National Championship)

• 2023: Michigan 27, Alabama 20 (Rose Bowl)

Alabama vs. Oklahoma Football: Start Time, TV Channel, Announcers for CFP 2025

Kickoff for Alabama-Oklahoma It’s 7 p.m. CT Friday at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The match will be televised on ABC and ESPN. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the game for ABC, with Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge on the sidelines.

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Additionally, the radio feed of the Alabama game featuring Chris Stewart and Tyler Watts can be heard on SEC Network, which will be offer a “Skycast” presentation of the game.

How to listen to Alabama vs. Oklahoma football

The Crimson Tide Sports Network radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 81. This is an unofficial list of Crimson Tide Sports Network radio affiliates throughout Alabama and the Southeast.

2025 Alabama Football Schedule

Here’s a game-by-game look at the 2025 Alabama football schedule.

All Central start times.

• September 6: against UL Monroe (V, 73-0)

• September 27: in Georgia (V, 24-21)

• October 4: against Vanderbilt (V, 30-14)

• October 11: at Missouri (W, 27-24)

• October 25: in South Carolina (V, 29-22)

• November 8: against LSU (W, 20-9)

• November 22 against Eastern Illinois (W, 56-0)

• November 29: at Auburn (F, 27-20)

• December 6: against Georgia (L, 28-7)

• December 19: at Oklahoma (first round of the CFP)

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