These aren’t necessarily the best players — although some of them are — but the 10 players who could swing OU vs. Alabama.

The Sooners are chasing history in the first round of the CFP. No team has ever defeated Alabama twice in the same season. Oklahoma is also chasing its first playoff win, entering with a 0-4 record all-time in the CFP.

This is the second rankings of the season, through mid-December. The 2025-2026 Alabama high school basketball season began on Nov. 6, after practices opened on Oct. 20. All classifications are of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) unless otherwise noted:

On the University of Alabama campus, you’ll see one year referenced over and over: 1831. The school opened for business and began classes April 18, 1831. But it was actually founded a decade earlier by the Alabama legislature on Dec. 18, 1820, one year after Alabama became a state.

The Oklahoma Sooners are hosting the Alabama Crimson Tide in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Here's what you need to know.

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables offered an update on John Mateer's surgically-repaired right hand Wednesday, saying the quarterback was able to practice without a wrap on it ahead of Friday's matchup against Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is ending his short-lived campaign for lieutenant governor of Alabama

"I ain't as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.” Toby Keith's song reflects where Alabama football's offense is before the CFP.

The All-American honors keep rolling in for Alabama's left tackle Kadyn Proctor. He was named as a Second Team All-American by The Sporting News on Wednesday.

Alabama football went into a loss at FSU feeling disrespected, and only came away more so. Against Oklahoma, the disrespect card gets one more play.