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Friday, September 4, 2026
SEC Football: Transfers Headline Alabama's Defensive Line Depth Chart
Alabama's opener depth chart lists transfers at the top four defensive line spots, including Kedrick Bingley-Jones and Terrance Green, signaling a portal-built front tasked with boosting the Tide's pass rush.
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12:00 PM
SEC Soccer: Keelon Russell Era Begins as Tide Opens vs. East Carolina
Five-star freshman Keelon Russell makes his first start at quarterback Saturday when No. 11 Alabama hosts East Carolina, the teams' first meeting since 1998. The Tide breaks in a rebuilt offensive line while returning an experienced secondary in year three under Kalen DeBoer.
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12:00 PM
SEC Soccer: No. 6 Alabama Stays Perfect at 7-0
Sixth-ranked Alabama soccer edged Samford 1-0 at home Thursday, moving to 7-0-0 and tying the best start in program history.
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12:00 AM
Thursday, September 3, 2026
SEC Basketball: Alabama Adds Alex Accetta to Staff
Alabama basketball hires Alex Accetta, who recently married head coach Nate Oats, into a new role with the program. Accetta is a familiar face in Tuscaloosa, having worked for the team from 2015 to 2022.
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4:00 PM
SEC Basketball: Alabama Adds Furman Exhibition
Alabama basketball will host Furman in an exhibition Oct. 8 at Coleman Coliseum, marking the second straight year the teams have met in the preseason and giving the Tide a third tune-up before 2026-27.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Pierre Expected to Anchor Alabama Pass Rush
Yhonzae Pierre enters his fourth season as the Tide's top pass rusher after posting 8 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss in 2025, both team highs under coordinator Kane Wommack.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Open Season Against Overhauled East Carolina
Alabama hosts East Carolina Saturday in its 2026 opener against a Pirates squad that lost 24 players to the transfer portal and both coordinators after going 9-4. Triple-digit heat index is expected in Tuscaloosa.
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SEC Basketball: Alabama Announces Staff Changes
Alabama men's basketball revealed two staff updates Thursday as the program prepares for the 2026-27 season.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026
SEC Football: Tide Heads to Big Ten/SEC Challenge
Alabama volleyball makes its first road trip of the season to Starkville for the inaugural Big Ten/SEC Challenge, facing Northwestern on Thursday and Iowa on Friday, both at 2 p.m. CT.
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8:00 PM
SEC Volleyball: DeBoer Reveals Return Game Candidates
Kalen DeBoer says Ryan Williams, Trae'shawn Brown, Dijon Lee and Rico Scott will likely share kickoff and punt return duties for Alabama, though he stopped short of naming defined roles for the group.
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8:00 PM
SEC Football: Former Yea Alabama Director Pleads Guilty
The ex-content director of Yea Alabama, the school's NIL initiative, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution, an off-field legal development touching Alabama's athletics organization.
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8:00 PM
SEC Football: League Won't Budge on NFL Players Returning
SEC executive committee president Donde Plowman says the conference is united and prepared to defend its rule barring NFL players from returning to college, and wants Greg Sankey empowered to hand down significant penalties.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Bama Defense Preps for ECU's Up-Tempo Attack
Kane Wommack's unit is studying North Texas film to prepare for East Carolina's new offensive coordinator, whose Mean Green offense led the nation in scoring and yards per game last season.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Staff Confident Run Game Is Fixed Ahead of ECU
Alabama's coaches say the ground attack will improve after managing just 48 rushing yards over the final three games of 2025, with a nearly rebuilt offensive line and freshman EJ Crowell expected back from injury for Saturday's opener against East Carolina.
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12:00 PM
SEC Softball: Former Tide Slugger Pupillo Joins Elon Staff
Alexis Pupillo, who played at Northern Iowa and Alabama, is moving into coaching as an assistant at Elon, adding another former Crimson Tide player to the college coaching ranks.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
SEC Football: Russell Era Begins as Tide Open vs. East Carolina
Alabama opens its season Saturday against East Carolina with Keelon Russell taking over at quarterback, as oddsmakers hand the Tide an unusually low season win total.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: League Schools Weigh Action Against LSU
SEC school leaders are reportedly exploring measures against LSU over its plan to sign former professional players, with options discussed including competition boycotts, probation, expulsion, and a federal lawsuit. The talks are described as early-stage and member-led.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Taylor Set for Bigger Role in Tide Defense
DC Kane Wommack says second-year safety Ivan Taylor will take on a significantly larger role in Alabama's defense, citing his standout work ethic and consistently high workload numbers in the team's GPS tracking during the offseason.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Asparuhov Wins Alabama Punting Job
Kalen DeBoer confirms Alex Asparuhov beat out Adam Watford for Alabama's starting punter role, a surprise result heading into game week. DeBoer also says the Tide have not yet named team captains for the season.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Sanders Takes Over at Left Guard for Alabama
Will Sanders has moved ahead of Mal Waldrep as Alabama's starting left guard heading into the opener, while the right tackle spot remains unsettled. OC Ryan Grubb also says EJ Crowell is fully healthy and expected to play in game one.
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Monday, August 31, 2026
SEC Soccer: Munguia Earns Defensive Player of the Week
Alabama junior goalkeeper Madi Munguia picks up SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors after backstopping the Crimson Tide to two shutout wins last week.
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4:00 PM
SEC Recruiting: Seaborn Dominates in Thompson's Rivalry Win
Alabama QB commit Trent Seaborn threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns on 22-of-26 passing as Thompson beat Clay-Chalkville 37-13, snapping the Cougars' 16-game winning streak.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Russell Named Starter, Enters Heisman Conversation
New starting quarterback Keelon Russell has energized Alabama's outlook heading into the opener, drawing +2500 Heisman odds at FanDuel. The Tide sits No. 13 in the AP preseason poll.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Opens Season vs. East Carolina in Extreme Heat
Alabama hosts East Carolina Saturday at 11 a.m. CT on ABC to open the 2026 season, with Tuscaloosa temperatures forecast to approach 100 degrees. The Tide leads the all-time series 1-0 after a narrow 23-22 win in 1998.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Beaman Out for Season as Tide Battles Injuries
Alabama defensive lineman Jeremiah Beaman will miss the entire 2026 season with a torn ACL suffered in fall camp. Freshman safety Jireh Edwards (arm surgery), WR Noah Rogers and RB AK Dear are also expected to miss the opener.
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Sunday, August 30, 2026
SEC Football: Golesh Brings 13 USF Transfers to Auburn
Auburn's first-year coach imported 13 former South Florida players, including QB Byrum Brown, meaning nearly the entire starting offense the Tide will face in November has never played an SEC snap. Only three starters return from last year's Auburn squad.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Iron Bowl Preview Highlights Auburn's Total Rebuild
Alabama's Nov. 28 Iron Bowl opponent looks dramatically different in 2026: new Auburn coach Alex Golesh inherits a roster that lost 30 scholarship players — including every quarterback and its top three receivers — after a 5-7 (1-7 SEC) season.
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Saturday, August 29, 2026
SEC Football: Week Zero Offers Early Look at Future Tide Opponent
College football's Week Zero slate kicks off with eight FBS games but no SEC action, giving Alabama fans a chance to scout Florida State against New Mexico State ahead of the Tide's Week 3 matchup with the Seminoles.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Retools Punting and Return Units
Alabama overhauled its specialists after a shaky 2025, adding North Alabama transfer punter Adam Watford, who set an FCS record with 17 punts of 50-plus yards, while freshmen like Trae'Shawn Brown and Zyan Gibson push for return duties.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Alabama Kicker Battle Comes Down to Talty vs. Quinn
Alabama's kicking job is up for grabs entering the season, with incumbent Conor Talty (16-of-23 last year) facing a challenge from Marshall transfer Lorcan Quinn, an Irish newcomer who drilled four 50-plus-yard field goals in his first season of football.
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12:00 PM
SEC Volleyball: Alabama Sweeps Aside Samford in Opener
Alabama volleyball starts its 2026 season with a 3-1 victory over Samford at Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, giving the Crimson Tide a winning debut on their home floor Friday night.
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Friday, August 28, 2026
SEC Football: Pritchett's Blocking Strides Stand Out in Camp
Sophomore tight end Marshall Pritchett has drawn repeated praise from Ryan Grubb this fall for rounding out his game as a blocker while remaining a receiving mismatch, positioning him for a bigger role in Alabama's offense.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Tight End Room Loaded for 2026
Alabama enters 2026 with one of its deepest tight end groups in years, led by Freshman All-SEC pick Kaleb Edwards, Oklahoma State transfer Josh Ford, and a healthy Danny Lewis. OC Ryan Grubb calls the unit a bright spot of camp and may lean into more two- and three-tight-end sets.
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12:00 PM
SEC Volleyball: Russell Impressing Alabama Teammates Since Winning QB Job
Tight end Josh Ford says freshman QB Keelon Russell has 'exploded' since being named Alabama's starter, noting the first-team offense has driven the field in nearly every opening team period since. The former five-star faces high expectations behind an offense that struggled to run the ball last season.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Pritchett Emerging as Alabama Weapon
Sophomore tight end Marshall Pritchett has stood out in Alabama's preseason camp, with Ryan Grubb praising his improved blocking and ability to create mismatches against safeties after a mostly special-teams role in 2025.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Tide Tight Ends a Fall Camp Bright Spot
Alabama's tight end room is drawing rave reviews in fall camp, with sophomore Kaleb Edwards, Oklahoma State transfer Josh Ford and a healthy Danny Lewis giving OC Ryan Grubb three proven options and the flexibility to lean into multi-tight-end sets in 2026.
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
SEC Football: Tide Opens 2026 at Home
Alabama volleyball starts its season this weekend at Foster Auditorium, hosting Samford on Friday night and UC Riverside on Saturday in the Crimson Tide Invitational.
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12:00 PM
SEC Golf: Jennings Lands on Haskins Watch List
Alabama's William Jennings earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the Fred Haskins Award, given to college golf's top player. Jennings posted two wins and a runner-up finish across four fall events last season.
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SEC Football: Russell Named Alabama's Starter
Redshirt freshman Keelon Russell will open the season under center for Alabama after winning one of the program's most competitive quarterback races in years. Russell arrived as arguably the highest-rated signee in school history and was recruited entirely by Kalen DeBoer.
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12:00 PM
SEC Volleyball: Metz Wins Starting Linebacker Job
Sophomore Luke Metz has claimed the open linebacker spot alongside Virginia Tech transfer Caleb Woodson, with coordinator Kane Wommack crediting his improved decision-making. The 6-3, 235-pounder mostly played special teams in 2025.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
SEC Football: Conferences Move to Block NFL Returnees
The SEC and Big Ten both approved policies Tuesday barring players who have been in NFL or NBA camps from returning to college, with Commissioner Greg Sankey given broad authority over penalties.
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4:00 PM
SEC Football: No. 6 Alabama Hosts Troy
Unbeaten Alabama (4-0-0), ranked sixth nationally, returns to Alabama Soccer Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. CT to face Troy (1-2-0).
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4:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Settling O-Line Rotation
Alabama appears close to naming its offensive line, with Mississippi State transfer Jayvin James taking the bulk of the reps at right tackle while Mal Waldrep leads an unsettled left guard competition.
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4:00 PM
SEC Soccer: Grubb Praises Russell's Command
Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb says new starting quarterback Keelon Russell is operating well ahead of schedule, pointing to the sophomore's pre-snap processing and protection checks rather than his mobility as the reason he won the job.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
SEC Football: Alabama Sets QB Depth Chart Ahead of 2026
Alabama is among five SEC programs — along with Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt and Kentucky — to name a new starting quarterback, prompting CBS Sports to reset its rankings of every SEC signal caller heading into 2026.
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4:00 PM
SEC Football: DeBoer Defers on NFL Returnee Question
As court rulings open the door for former pros to regain college eligibility, DeBoer says athletic director Greg Byrne is guiding Alabama's approach, while the SEC's presidents issued a statement voicing displeasure with the situation.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Beaman Injured Again at Camp
Alabama defensive tackle Jeremiah Beaman suffered an injury in fall camp, a concerning development after he missed the entire 2025 season with an early injury.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide OL Battles Taking Shape
DeBoer says Jayvin James has handled most first-team reps at right tackle while Mal Waldrep leads at left guard, though Will Sanders is working back into the rotation and can play both guard spots.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: DeBoer Names Keelon Russell Starting QB
Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has officially tabbed Keelon Russell as the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback, addressing the media Monday after ending the offseason competition.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: League Pushes Back on NFL Player Returns
SEC presidents and chancellors issued a statement addressing court rulings that let former NFL signees regain college eligibility, as LSU adds ex-pro players like tight end Dae'Quan Wright while DeBoer says Alabama is deferring to AD Greg Byrne on the issue.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Beaman Injury a Blow to Tide Defensive Line
Alabama defensive tackle Jeremiah Beaman has suffered an injury in fall camp, a concerning development for a player who already missed the entire 2025 season after an early-year injury.
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Monday, August 24, 2026
SEC Football: Rogers May Return for Tide This Season
Louisville transfer Noah Rogers, once expected to start at receiver for Alabama, could return from a severe spring knee injury at some point in 2026, per coaching staff comments — a potential midseason boost to the Tide's rebuilt WR corps.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Alabama WR Room Takes Shape Ahead of Opener
Ryan Coleman-Williams and Lotzeir Brooks are set as Alabama's top two receivers for 2026, with sophomore Derek Meadows, five-star freshman Cederian Morgan and Rico Scott battling for the third starting spot.
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12:00 PM
SEC Football: Coleman-Williams Eyes Bounce-Back Year
Alabama receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams enters his junior season aiming to move past a sophomore campaign marred by drops and shaken confidence, a storyline worth watching as the Tide break in a young offense.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Rogers Spotted at Tide Practice
Alabama wide receiver Noah Rogers, who hurt his knee on A-Day and was expected to miss the start of the season, appeared in the team's Sunday practice photos — a possible sign the Tide could get a key weapon back sooner than anticipated.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Russell Named Alabama Starting QB
Freshman Keelon Russell has won Alabama's starting quarterback job heading into the 2026 season. The former Gatorade National Player of the Year from Duncanville (TX) piled up over 90 total touchdowns and back-to-back state titles in his final two prep seasons.
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8:00 AM
SEC Football: Jackson Named Arkansas Starting QB
Arkansas coach Ryan Silverfield has tabbed KJ Jackson as the Razorbacks' starting quarterback for the Sept. 5 season opener against North Alabama, calling the choice a difficult but confident one in his first year leading the program.
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4:00 AM
Sunday, August 23, 2026
SEC Football: Russell Named Alabama's Starting QB
Alabama has named sophomore Keelon Russell its starting quarterback for 2026, beating out senior Austin Mack. The former five-star and highest-rated signee in program history threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns in the A-Day scrimmage.
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12:00 AM
Saturday, August 22, 2026
SEC Football: Alabama Rebuilds Linebacker Corps From Scratch
Alabama enters 2026 with an entirely new inside linebacker group after losing Deontae Lawson, Justin Jefferson and Nikhai Hill-Green. Virginia Tech transfer Caleb Woodson is the expected anchor, with sophomore Luke Metz emerging as the frontrunner to start alongside him.
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8:00 PM
SEC Football: Tide Rebuilds Linebacker Corps From Scratch
Alabama enters 2026 replacing its entire inside linebacker group after losing Deontae Lawson, Justin Jefferson and Nikhai Hill-Green. Virginia Tech transfer Caleb Woodson is set to anchor the unit, with sophomore Luke Metz emerging as the frontrunner beside him.
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