The Southeastern Conference is set to unveil its football opponents for the next four seasons Tuesday night in a one-hour television special at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network and ESPN2. The league is shifting to a nine-game schedule beginning in 2026, after playing eight league games annually since 1992.
Under the new model, each school will have three permanent opponents, re-evaluated every four years, and six rotational opponents. The format ensures that every program will face all other SEC schools at least once every two years and both home and away in a four-year span.
Here's the SEC opponent breakdown from On3's Chris Low.
Alabama – Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State
Arkansas – Missouri, Texas, LSU
Auburn – Georgia, Alabama, Vanderbilt
Florida – Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky
Georgia – Auburn, Florida, South Carolina
Kentucky – South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida
LSU – Arkansas, Ole Miss, Texas A&M
Mississippi State – Ole Miss, Alabama, Vanderbilt
Missouri – Arkansas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma
Oklahoma – Texas, Ole Miss, Missouri
Ole Miss – Mississippi State, LSU, Oklahoma
South Carolina – Georgia, Kentucky, Florida
Tennessee – Alabama, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
Texas – Texas A&M, Arkansas, Oklahoma
Texas A&M – Texas, LSU, Missouri
Vanderbilt – Tennessee, Mississippi State, Auburn
The scheduling plan was designed with an emphasis on preserving rivalries, balancing home-and-away games and accommodating Power Four non-conference matchups. Adding the ninth game will also revive infrequent matchups, including Alabama-Georgia, Auburn-Florida, LSU-Tennessee and Georgia-Texas A&M. Remarkably, Georgia has never played at Texas A&M since the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012.
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