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Oklahoma, Alabama clash in CFP opener

ESPN predicts the final score of Alabama football vs. Oklahoma in CFP

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma Sooners are fast becoming familiar opponents on the gridiron since the latter joined the SEC in the summer of 2024.

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Alabama football’s Josh Cuevas will play in CFP game vs. Oklahoma after 3-game absence

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Alabama vs. Oklahoma prediction, pick, spread, odds: Tide, Sooners rematch in CFP first round

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Alabama football's Jam Miller 'ready to contribute' in CFP vs Oklahoma

Alabama football saw a new Jam Miller late in the 2025 regular season.

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ESPN predicts the winner of Alabama football vs Oklahoma in CFP

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High-stake rematch: Oklahoma, Alabama clash in CFP opener

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Oklahoma vs. Alabama: Initial Availability Report for CFP

The most notable name on the availability report for Oklahoma is center Jake Maikkula.

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When is Alabama vs Oklahoma? Kickoff time, date for CFP first round

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4 Keys to the Alabama vs Oklahoma Game for the College Football Playoffs

Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer to play CFP without wrap on hand from thumb injury

John Mateer will play in the CFP without a hand wrap after injury, as Oklahoma preps to face Alabama on Friday.

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Call OU football's offense concerning, even bad, but also fascinating

Lots of adjectives have been used to describe this OU offense, but before Friday's CFP game vs Alabama, one word keeps coming to mind: fascinating.

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Is Oklahoma playing today? Find out when the Sooners play football

No, the Sooners do not play football on Dec. 13. The Sooners will face Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday, Dec. 19, at Owen Field in Norman. Kickoff for the quarterfinal is set for 7 p.m. CT Friday, Dec. 19.

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College Football Playoff picks: Sooners, Aggies, Rebels and Ducks should advance to quarterfinals

Unlike last year's debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff, weather should not be a factor in any of the first-round games Friday and Saturday.

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OU football coach Brent Venables steadied Sooners after shaky few years | Mussatto

And Venables went back to doing what he does best — hiring himself as defensive coordinator after his protege, Zac Alley, left for West Virginia. The 2025 Sooner defense rivals the best defenses Venables coordinated at Clemson in the 2010s and at OU in the early 2000s.

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PLAYOFFS – Alabama vs Oklahama 2025: Previewing the Sooners’ Defense

In terms of metrics, the Sooners trail only Texas Tech and Ohio State in terms of an overall PPA/play, and trail only Indiana and TTU in a Havoc rate. Essentially, they are one of the very top defenses in all of college football. Oh, and R Mason Thomas, the Sooners’ top pass rusher who missed the first matchup with Alabama, might be back.

What Ryan Grubb is Emphasizing for Alabama Offense Heading into Oklahoma Rematch

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama's offense will face an Oklahoma defense this Friday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff that leads the nation in sacks (41) and tackles for loss (115.) Coached by Brent Venables, the Sooner defense is known for making things incredibly difficult for opposing offense both pre and post snap.