| 1 | Sat Aug 30 | at Florida St | L17-31 | 0-1 | .000 | Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL |
| 2 | Sat Sep 6 | vsUL Monroe | W73-0 | 1-1 | .500 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 3 | Sat Sep 13 | vsWisconsin | W38-14 | 2-1 | .667 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 4 | Sat Sep 27 | at#5Georgia | W24-21 | 3-1 | .750 | Sanford Stadium · Athens, GA |
| 5 | Sat Oct 4 | vs#16Vanderbilt | W30-14 | 4-1 | .800 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 6 | Sat Oct 11 | at#14Missouri | W27-24 | 5-1 | .833 | Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field · Columbia, MO |
| 7 | Sat Oct 18 | vs#11Tennessee | W37-20 | 6-1 | .857 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 8 | Sat Oct 25 | atSouth Carolina | W29-22 | 7-1 | .875 | Williams-Brice Stadium · Columbia, SC |
| 9 | Sat Nov 8 | vsLSU | W20-9 | 8-1 | .889 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 10 | Sat Nov 15 | vs#11Oklahoma | L21-23 | 8-2 | .800 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 11 | Sat Nov 22 | vsE Illinois | W56-0 | 9-2 | .818 | Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 12 | Sat Nov 29 | atAuburn | W27-20 | 10-2 | .833 | Jordan-Hare Stadium · Auburn, AL |
