How to Watch Alabama Football in 2023 Without Cable

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There are few parts of the country where people can match the obsession that Southern folks have with college football--and in the state of Alabama that goes triple. And now it's time for four months of trash talk and prayers that Auburn, Tennessee, and LSU (the Tigers lost their opener) all suffer one comically calamitous loss after another. And that Nick Saban continues to win at a historically high level.

With Disney cutting off its channels--which includes the ESPN family of networks, such as the SEC Network and ESPNU--from Spectrum during its dispute over carrier fees, a lot of fans in SEC country have been left in a lurch because ESPN carries almost all SEC games. Fortunately for you, every streaming service that carries ESPN and its associated channels is still doing so, and so there are many alternatives to choose from.

Below we've gathered a selection of streaming services and the relevant plants that can get Bama fans everything they need to enjoy watching another season of Alabama football.

• Sling Orange with Sports Extra (no local channels with Orange) - $51 per month, or $200 for five months
• Hulu with Live TV (includes ESPN+ and Disney+) - starting at $70 per month (increasing to $76 in October)
• DIRECTV Stream Choice plan - $90 for the first three months, then $100 per month
• FuboTV Pro plan with Sports Plus - $86 per month after five-day free trial
• Paramount+ - $6 per month.

All SEC home games in 2023 will be broadcast either within the ESPN family of networks, or on CBS, which usually gets one high-profile game per week. For the most part, that makes things pretty simple: you just need a live TV streaming service that carries ESPN's various networks, and you can get CBS either through that same live TV service or with a $6 per month subscription to Paramount+. Most streaming services carry CBS in your local market, but Paramount+ can bridge that gap for you if necessary without much of an increased cost--just keep in mind matchups vary by region unless it's a big nationally televised contest.  And, of course, you can get CBS over the air for free if you have a digital antenna--you can snag a good one for cheap at Amazon.

Non-conference road games will often live elsewhere, however--Bama's week 3 game at South Florida, for example, airs on ABC. But if you subscribe to a live TV streaming a service that gets you ESPN and your local CBS station, then odds are good you'll be covered for any major channel that carries college football.

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