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Start time, TV announcers for Alabama football vs Auburn in Iron BowlStory by

Steve Holley, Roll Tide WireTue, November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM UTC·3 min read

The Alabama Crimson Tide close the 2025 college football regular season with their annual Iron Bowl showdown against the Auburn Tigers. Alabama visits Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday for the 90th all-time meeting between the two of the sport's most bitter rivals.

Alabama (9-2, 6-1 SEC) is ranked No. 10 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and in the latest CFP rankings. Kalen DeBoer's team defeated Eastern Illinois, 56-0, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Week 13.

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The Crimson Tide ran for 269 yards and eight touchdowns in the win. Freshmen AK Dear (nine carries, 45 yards) and Kevin Riley (eight carries, 36 yards) both rushed for two scores. Jam Miller (11 carries, 62 yards) and Daniel Hill rushed for one touchdown apiece. Alabama's defense held Eastern Illinois to two first downs and 34 yards of total offense.

Auburn (5-6, 1-6) defeated the Mercer Bears, 62-17, in Week 13. The Tigers and interim coach D.J. Durkin started true freshman Deuce Knight at quarterback. The five-star recruit from Lucedale, Mississippi, threw for 239 yards and two touchdowns. He rushed for another 162 yards and four touchdowns to cap a six-score day.

Auburn is unranked in the top 25 polls.

ESPN reveals TV broadcasters for Alabama football vs. Auburn

Ahead of Alabama-Auburn, ESPN announced who will have the call of Saturday's game on the Plains. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the action from the broadcast booth at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Holly Rowe will report from the sidelines.

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For Fowler and Herbstreit, it's the duo's second Alabama game this season. The pair called the Crimson Tide's 24-21 win over the Georgia Bulldogs on Sept. 27 at Sanford Stadium in Athens.

Fowler and Herbstreit have been ESPN and ABC's No. 1 college football broadcast crew since 2014.

What channel will Alabama football game vs. Auburn be on?

Alabama-Auburn will broadcast nationally on ABC in Week 14 of the 2025 college football season.

In part due to CBS Sports' longstanding broadcast contract with the SEC, it will be the first time in Iron Bowl history that ABC will televise an Alabama-Auburn game from Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn began hosting the Iron Bowl on the Plains permanently in 1993.

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Alabama vs. Auburn start time

Kickoff for Alabama-Auburn is 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday.

Alabama football series history vs. Auburn

Nov 25, 2023; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Isaiah Bond (17) scores the game winning touchdown over Auburn Tigers cornerback D.J. James (4) during the fourth quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

Alabama leads the all-time series, 51-37-1. The Crimson Tide have won the last five head-to-head matchups against the Tigers, and are 11-3 vs. Auburn in the series' last 14 meetings dating back to 2011.

Alabama defeated Auburn, 28-14, in the last meeting between the two schools on Nov. 30, 2024, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Kalen DeBoer's first Iron Bowl as coach.

In the last Iron Bowl matchup at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the Crimson Tide rallied for a stunning 27-24 come-from-behind victory when Jalen Milroe found Isaiah Bond for a touchdown in the back of the end-zone on fourth-and-goal from the 31-yard line with 32 seconds left.

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The Crimson Tide are 7-10 all-time in games at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Alabama football schedule 2025

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: A detailed view of the helmet of VanDarius Cowan #43 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the warm ups prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the CFP National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Here's a game-by-game look at Alabama football's 2025 schedule.

All start times Central.