Oklahoma vs Alabama in CFP
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The ninth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide will look to turn the tables on the eighth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners when they meet Friday in the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff. Oklahoma earned a 23-21 win in the Nov.
Our Alabama vs. Oklahoma props for Friday, December 19 expect Ty Simpson to lean on Josh Cuevas in the passing game against a stout Sooners defense.
Of the four teams hosting games in the first round of this College Football Playoff, only one opened as a betting underdog: the Oklahoma Sooners, who on Friday night host an Alabama team they already defeated this season. The Sooners are well aware of that.
Alabama was scrapping for the final playoff spot in 2023 when it was a four-team field. The same was true in 2024 and 2025 when the bracket expanded to 12. The world’s changed a lot in the last two seasons. Nobody reading this deep into a column needs to be told that.
The College Football Playoff first round will see the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) hosting the No. 10 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3) at 8 p.m. ET at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is the favorite in the matchup, by 1.5 points.
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Oklahoma and Alabama are familiar with each other, as they're about to face off for the third time in just over a calendar year. Venables' defense has given Kalen DeBoer fits, though, and Oklahoma's first-ever CFP game at home is the difference in the low-scoring affair.
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The Crimson Tide and the Sooners will square off at 7 p.m. CST Friday at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, in a CFP first-round game.
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