Dec 17, 2025
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No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama: Time, TV channel, College Football Playoff preview
📺 How to watch Oklahoma-Alabama
- 🗓️ Date: Friday 19 December
- ⏰ Time: 20:00 and
- 📺 TV channel and broadcast: ABC/ESPN and WatchESPN
- 📍Luogo: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
- 📊 Live Stats
🍿 Oklahoma-Alabama preview
These enemies of the SEC are familiar.It helped No. 8 Oklahoma punch its ticket to the CFP 12 team with a 23-21 win over then-4 Alabama in mid-November. This time, the Tide headed to Norman with much higher stakes.Let's take a look at the action ahead of Friday's showdown:
🔴⚪️ No. 88 offer (10-2)
The team is ranked 18th in the national pre-season rankings.Win the first five games to open the season.Before losing to Texas for the first time in early October, it was quarterback John's first game.Martel returning from surgery on his throwing handAnd after losing to a bitter rival 23-6, the postseason looked hopeless but after losing to Mississippi two weeks later.Mathil and the Sooners also bounced back, winning three straight games against Tennessee, Alabama and Missouri before defeating LSU in Week 14.
Much of the Sooners' success can be attributed to their seventh-ranked scoring defense, allowing just 13.92 points per game.Brent Venables leads the nation with 41 sacks, averaging more than three carries a game, while ranking fifth in rushing defense and holding opponents to an average of 81 yards.That's something he needs to improve on from his last outing after the quarterback totaled 21 yards.
Oklahoma does not have a highly explosive offense, but it is profit into one offensive category - red zone offense.The Suners Manage the nation in the 20-yard line, walking 32-for-32 in the red zone.They are the only team in the country with a perfect scoring percentage in the red zone.We will see if the tied can force ou's first red zone stop on Friday.
🐘 no.9 Alabama (10-3)
The Tide got off to an unusually rough start, falling 31-17 to Florida State in Week 1. Tuscaloosa was on its feet after already missing its first 12-team playoff game the year before.But all that noise was silenced when the Tide walked into Athens on September 27 and snapped Georgia's 33-game home streak at Sanford Stadium.Just like that, the Tide was back in the playoffs and had perhaps their best win of the regular season.Kalen DeBoer's team led the table until the home loss to the Sooners, but the Tide still finished the season 10-2 with four straight wins.It suffered a 28-7 loss in a redemption game against Georgia in the SEC Championship, but Alabama still made the playoffs after an impressive regular-season resume.
Alabama is led by a strong passing game with Ty Simpson under center. They average 270 yards through the air per game, fourth among all CFP teams behind Mississippi State, Texas Tech and Miami. On the outside, they have two key playmakers: Ryan Williams and Jamie Bernard, whose speed is rare.
On defense, the Tide's strength is second, with the sixth-fewest passing yards per game in the country at 157.7.The Sooners don't have an explosive passing attack that averages more than 200 yards per game.Mateer went for just 138 in the first game against the Tide, a number that could be higher the second time around.
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👀 College Football Play Bracket
Here are the 2025 College Football Playoff series heading into this weekend's first round:
Be sure to get your picks for the College Football Playoff Bracket before Friday's kickoff.As of Tuesday, December 16, Alabama and Oklahoma were neck-and-neck in percentage, with the Tide having a slight edge at 50.12% of the picks.
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