The Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma State Cowboys have canceled their future home-and-home football series, both schools announced Monday.
Alabama and Oklahoma State were previously scheduled to begin a home-and-home series at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., on September 23, 2028. The series was set to conclude at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on September 15, 2029.
The series was canceled following the SEC’s announcement last year that it will begin playing a nine-game conference schedule in 2026. The Big 12 Conference has been playing a nine-game league schedule since 2011.
News of the Alabama-Oklahoma State cancellation comes on the heels of several other high profile series being axed. Those include Florida State-Georgia, Alabama-West Virginia, Nebraska-Tennessee, NC State-Florida, Ole Miss-BYU, Ole Miss-USC, Cal-Florida, Texas Tech-Colorado, and many others.
With the cancellation, Alabama now has three scheduled non-conference opponents in 2028. The Crimson Tide are currently scheduled to host Georgia State on Sept. 2, Ohio State on Sept. 9, and UT Martin on Sept. 16.
The following season, Alabama is slated to visit Notre Dame on Sept. 1.
Oklahoma State has already moved to replace its series with Alabama, scheduling games with Michigan State. The Spartans visit Stillwater on September 16, 2028, and the Cowboys travel to East Lansing on September 15, 2029.
The Cowboys are also scheduled to visit Tulsa and host Southeastern Louisiana in 2028. In 2029, Oklahoma State hosts Tulsa on Sept. 1 and Lindenwood on Sept. 8.
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Just read where Georgia & Florida St cancelled their series.
College football is ruined due to the over emphasis of conference play. Then they use that narrative along with the media to promote their conference. Conferences have a bell curve. Final records indicate a couple of great teams, a couple of bad teams, and all other teams in the middle. Then they brag about beating a 6-6 team and say they are a dominant conference.
Their former business plan had them playing less conference members and lower P4 & FCS teams at home and a token “long term P5 rival”
Manipulation of the schedule is their mind set. Looking for the easiest pass to the CFP. College football is ruined.
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So many curmudgeons.
College football is “ruined” so much that both attendance and TV viewership is the highest it’s been in years.
College Football need choices on airwaves not ratings.
College football isn’t “ruined” at all. But I think we can all agree it’s not in the most ideal place.
Everyone, including our ancestors saw this coming.
FYI, Big 12 has not had a 9 game schedule since 1996.
It was 8 games from 1996-2010.
9 games from 2011-present (full round robin 2011 – 2022).
It’s a shame that these series are being cancelled. I personally think 11 P4 games shouldn’t be a problem but I also understand why schools are not doing it.
I was going to say maybe this means Bedlam can come back but never mind.
This Oklahoma State Fan supporter can survive without Bedlam.
Dan you just support the fans of Oklahoma st?
Illininoles97 I am an advocate of conference games I enjoy seeing Oklahoma State playing conference games for example Colorado, Texas Tech & Arizona.
I want to see Georgia beat Oklahoma with a victory actually I am happy that Oklahoma left Big 12.
dont worry, alabama vs oklahoma state could still play in the 28 seed vs 29 seed game in the 32 Team College Playoff.
I rather see Oklahoma State-Alabama play in CFP than in regular season.
Now that is funny.