Alabama football’s 3 annual SEC opponents revealed, per report

Nov 30, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Bray Hubbard (18) makes a tackle on Auburn Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne (1) while fighting off a block by Auburn wide receiver Malcolm Simmons (11) during second half at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama won 28-14. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images

The SEC is set to move to a nine-game league schedule next season, and each school will have three annual opponents and six rotational opponents for the next four years.

Over the four-year span, every SEC school will play every conference opponent home and away at least once, but each school will face three teams every season from 2026-29 until re-evaluation.

Alabama football’s three annual opponents are Auburn, Tennessee and Mississippi State, per a report from ON3’s Chris Low.

Two of the biggest rivalries in college football are protected as the Iron Bowl and The Third Saturday in October remain. Alabama and Auburn will likely continue to play each other around Thanksgiving, and the date that Alabama and Tennessee will play is self-explanatory in the rivalry name.

Mississippi State is a team the Tide have not played since 2023 when the Tide rolled over the Bulldogs for the 16th-straight time.

Perhaps one disappointing result to come of this is that Alabama will no longer play LSU every year. The Tigers have Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M as their annual opponents, but the two teams will cross paths at least twice in the next four seasons.

Here is the full list of annual SEC opponents, per Low:

Alabama – Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State

Arkansas – Missouri, Texas, LSU

Auburn – Georgia, Alabama, Vanderbilt

Florida – Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky

Georgia – Auburn, Florida, South Carolina

Kentucky – South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida

LSU – Arkansas, Ole Miss, Texas A&M

Mississippi State – Ole Miss, Alabama, Vanderbilt

Missouri – Arkansas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma

Oklahoma – Texas, Ole Miss, Missouri

Ole Miss – Mississippi State, LSU, Oklahoma

South Carolina – Georgia, Kentucky, Florida

Tennessee – Alabama, Vanderbilt, Kentucky

Texas – Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma

Texas A&M – Texas, LSU, Missouri

Vanderbilt – Tennessee, Mississippi State, Auburn

The full SEC nine-game schedules will be revealed Tuesday on SEC Network.