OU football (10-2 No. 8 CFP) is set to take on Alabama (10-3, No. 9 CFP) under the lights at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Dec. 19. The Sooners feel confident their fans will show out to elevate the team's performance.

OU football is entering the College Football Playoff with the same "backs against the wall" mentality it carried through the regular season.

As the University of Oklahoma Sooners prepare for their College Football Playoff game against Alabama, the Southeastern Conference on Thursday released OU’s 2026 regular season schedule.

The Oklahoma Sooners are readying themselves for the most crucial game of the season, and perhaps the Brent Venables era, when they host the Alabama Crimson Tide next Friday in the first round of the College Football Playoff. After a 10-2 season, which included a 6-2 mark in SEC play, six Sooners were named to the AP All-SEC teams.

OU football's offense has struggled the past several weeks. What will it take for the Sooners to improve enough to beat Alabama?