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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0With the announcement of a nine-game Southeastern Conference football schedule beginning in 2026, Alabama is making adjustments to its preexisting nonconference matchups.<\/p>\n Alabama and West Virginia have mutually agreed to cancel\u00a0their home-and-home series, which was set to begin in\u00a0Morgantown,\u00a0W.Va., in 2026, with West Virginia returning the trip to Tuscaloosa in 2027.<\/p>\n New to the Crimson Tide’s future football slate is East Carolina, who will come to Tuscaloosa in 2026.<\/p>\n “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<\/a><\/dfn>. “That being said,\u00a0we know that college\u00a0athletics 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.\u00a0Between\u00a0other\u00a0home-and-homes as well as conference\u00a0games, we will continue to have a solid strength of schedule,\u00a0which is good for our team, fans and college football.”<\/p>\n Alabama currently has\u00a010 nonconference\u00a0home-and-homes scheduled over the next 11 seasons. These include:<\/p>\n 2025: at Florida State, Wisconsin<\/p>\n 2026: Florida State<\/p>\n 2027: at Ohio State<\/p>\n 2028: Ohio State, at Oklahoma State<\/p>\n 2029: at Notre Dame,\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/p>\n 2030: at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame<\/p>\n 2031: Georgia Tech, at Boston College<\/p>\n 2032: Arizona,\u00a0at\u00a0Minnesota<\/p>\n 2033:\u00a0at\u00a0Arizona, Minnesota<\/p>\n 2034: at Virginia Tech, Boston College<\/p>\n 2035: Virginia Tech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n