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Dec 7, 2025 2:45 pm

Oklahoma-Alabama rematch to kick off CFP slate of games

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Multi-time national championship winners Oklahoma and Alabama will square off in the opening game of the College Football Playoff on Dec. 19.

As the No. 8 seed, the Sooners will host the No. 9 Crimson Tide in a first-round game at Norman, Okla.

It will be a rematch of a Southeastern Conference clash on Nov. 15 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., which the Sooners won 23-21.

The CFP committee released the schedule on Sunday for the 11-game tournament, which culminates Jan. 19 with the crowning of a national champion in the title game in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Here is the full schedule of CFP games:

FIRST ROUND

Dec. 19, 8 p.m. ET
No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2) vs. No. 9 Alabama (10-3) at Norman, Okla.

Dec, 20, noon ET
No. 7 Texas A&M (11-1) vs. No. 10 Miami (10-2) at College Station, Texas

Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m. ET
No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1) vs. No. 11 Tulane (11-2) at Oxford, Miss.

Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m. ET
No. 5 Oregon (11-1) vs. No. 12 James Madison (12-1) at Eugene, Ore.

QUARTERFINALS

Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET
Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas
No. 2 Ohio State vs. winner of Texas A&M-Miami

Jan. 1, noon ET
Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Fla.
No. 4 Texas Tech vs. winner of Oregon-James Madison

Jan. 1, 4 p.m. ET
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
No. 1 Indiana vs. winner of Oklahoma-Alabama

Jan. 1, 8 p.m. ET
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
No. 3 Georgia vs. winner of Ole Miss-Tulane

SEMIFINALS

Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. ET
Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz.
Winner of Cotton Bowl vs. winner of Sugar Bowl

Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET
Peach Bowl, Atlanta
Winner of Orange Bowl vs. winner of Rose Bowl

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. ET
Miami Gardens, Fla.

–Field Level Media

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