Alabama has filled a slot on its 2024 football schedule for Mercer, the Tuscaloosa News reported.

The Crimson Tide is set to play the Bears on Nov. 16, 2024 in Tuscaloosa, per the contract signed in February 2019. Other non-conference games on the 2024 schedule that have previously been reported or announced are Western Kentucky (Aug. 31), South Florida (Sept. 7) and Wisconsin (Sept. 14).

As the SEC continues to discuss the number of conference games it plays, this schedule is subject to change, for example, if the SEC game-requirement total moves from 8 to 9, one of those opponents would be moved.

Mercer is an FCS team and finished the 2021 season 7-3 overall and 6-2 in SoCon action.

This is a fairly regular opponent for Alabama. Alabama beat the Bears 48-14 in the second week of the 2021 season. When the two teams faced in 2017, the Crimson Tide won 56-0.

Here are future opponents:

2023
Middle Tennessee State: Sept. 2
Texas: Sept. 9
South Florida: Sept. 16
Chattanooga: Nov. 18

2024
Western Kentucky: Aug. 31
South Florida: Sept. 7
Wisconsin: Sept. 14
Mercer: Nov. 16

2025
Florida State: Aug. 30
Louisiana Monroe: Sept. 6
Wisconsin: Sept. 13
Eastern Illinois: Nov. 22

2026
West Virginia: Sept. 5
South Florida: Sept. 12
Florida State: Sept. 19

2027
West Virginia: Sept. 4
Ohio State: Sept. 18

2028
Ohio State: Sept. 9
Tennessee-Martin: Sept. 16
Oklahoma State: Sept. 23

2029
Notre Dame: Sept. 1
Oklahoma State: Sept. 15

2030
Georgia Tech: Aug. 31
Notre Dame: Sept. 14

2031
Georgia Tech: Aug. 30
Boston College: Sept. 13

2032
Arizona: Sept. 4
Oklahoma: Sept. 11

2033
Arizona: Sept. 3
Oklahoma: Sept. 10

2034
Virginia Tech: Sept. 2
Boston College: Sept. 16

2035
Virginia Tech: Sept. 1