STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford will travel to Auburn, Alabama on Wednesday, Dec. 2 to face the Tigers in the 2026 SEC/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge, which was announced Friday by the two conferences and ESPN.
Coverage details, including game time and platform designation, will be announced later.
The trip to Auburn will be the first in program history for the Cardinal, which is 3-0 all-time against the Tigers. In the teams’ first meeting, Stanford beat Auburn in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 1, 1990, 88-81, to win the program’s first of three NCAA championships.
The most recent matchup was a 71-57 Stanford win in the Sweet 16 in Seattle on March 23, 1996. The Cardinal beat the Tigers earlier that season on Dec. 20, 1995, in the Fry's Cardinal Classic at Maples Pavilion, 63-44.
The game will mark the first for Stanford in the state of Alabama all-time.
The SEC/ACC Challenge is Stanford’s second announced contest as part of its 2026-27 slate. The Cardinal opens the season against Arizona on Monday, November 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as part of the Hall of Fame Series.