Alabama Cancels Future Out-Of-Conference Series vs. Power 4 Team

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August 26, 20255 Comments

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Alabama announced Tuesday that they have canceled its home-and-home series with West Virginia in 2026 and 2027.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – With the announcement of a nine-game Southeastern Conference football schedule beginning in 2026, Alabama is making adjustments to its preexisting nonconference matchups.

Alabama and West Virginia have mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series, which was set to begin in Morgantown, W.Va., in 2026, with West Virginia returning the trip to Tuscaloosa in 2027.

New to the Crimson Tide's future football slate is East Carolina, who will come to Tuscaloosa in 2026.

"We are proud of the number of high-quality home-and-home non-conference games we have scheduled for the next 10 years," said Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne. "That being said, we know that college athletics has been evolving and changing rapidly over the last few years, and it made sense for us to make these adjustments on our future schedules. We have a bit more flexibility as we transition to a nine-game format in the Southeastern Conference, and it gives us the opportunity to further evaluate how strength of schedule is evaluated for the College Football Playoff. Between other home-and-homes as well as conference games, we will continue to have a solid strength of schedule, which is good for our team, fans and college football."

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Brlaf77•4 months

East Carolina is a high quality opponent ?!?

RTRcdub•4 months

Changing to a 9-game SEC schedule has its consequences. It was drop WVU or Ohio St. Bama kept the stronger opponent.

TouchdownTony•4 months

Expect a lot of these announcements coming from all over the country. The powers that be are doing all they can to kill college football.

El Jefe de Tu Mama•4 months

Going to a 9 game SEC schedule is killing CFB?

Swamp Angel•4 months

I think the best way to fix this problem is not to play a 9-game SEC schedule, but rather cut the SEC back to twelve teams at the most. I would hate to lose A&M and Arky, but if we're honest, A&M, Arky, Texas, Mizzou, and Okie ought to be able to form their own conference while the rest of us return to being actual Southeastern Conference teams.

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