The University of Alabama and Ohio State University on Thursday announced a home-and-home football series between the two programs for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
The first game will take place in Columbus, OH, on September 18, 2027, with the Buckeyes coming to Tuscaloosa on September 9, 2028.
This will be the first home-and-home meeting in history between OSU and Alabama.
“This series with Ohio State adds another outstanding non-conference opponent to our future football schedules,” stated Alabama Director of Athletics Greg Byrne. “We are thrilled at the progress we’ve made in securing such quality home-and-homes that will provide tremendous opportunities for our team and an exciting game day atmosphere for our fans in the coming years.”
Alabama now has 10 upcoming home-and-home series scheduled through 2035.
“The addition of Ohio State to our future non-conference schedule shows the commitment our program and administration has to creating the best possible games for our players and fans,” Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said. “I have coached a lot of years in the SEC and Big 10 and Bryant-Denny Stadium and Ohio Stadium are two of the very best environments in college football. Non-conference series like Alabama-Ohio State are so important to the health of college football, and we are very pleased that we could get this series completed.”
Alabama and Ohio State have met on four previous occasions, all in neutral sites games. The only OSU victory came in the 2015 Sugar Bowl.
Bama’s future home-and-home football series, as of Thursday:
2022: at Texas (Sept. 10)
2023: Texas (Sept. 9), at USF (Sept. 16)
2024: USF (Sept. 7), at Wisconsin (Sept. 14)
2025: at Florida State (Aug. 30), Wisconsin (Sept. 13)
2026: at West Virginia (Sept. 5), USF (Sept. 12), at Florida State (Sept. 19)
2027: West Virginia (Sept. 4), at Ohio State (Sept. 18)
2028: at Notre Dame (Sept. 2), Ohio State (Sept. 9)
2029: Notre Dame (Sept. 1)
2030: at Georgia Tech (Aug. 31)
2031: Georgia Tech (Aug. 30)
2032: Arizona (Sept. 4), at Oklahoma (Sept. 11)
2033: at Arizona (Sept. 3), Oklahoma (Sept. 10)
2034: at Virginia Tech (Sept. 2)
2035: Virginia Tech (Sept. 1)
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
