SEC teams ramp up Power Four nonconference scheduling

By Chris Marler

With recent discussions surrounding SEC scheduling and the ongoing debate among Power Four conferences about aligning scheduling models, we conducted a deep dive into the future schedules of every SEC team. Specifically, we examined which school has the most Power Four nonconference games scheduled between 2025 and 2034.

A lot has been made about the FCS and cupcake opponents scheduled late in the season by SEC teams. Despite the 15 of the 18 teams in the Big Ten scheduling an FCS opponent in September, this isn’t a comparison of conferences. Rather, it is an in-depth look at which teams are choosing to challenge themselves out of conference, despite the gauntlet they already face each year in the SEC.

Every opponent listed is currently scheduled and courtesy of fbsschedules.com. Things could change, and contracts may be terminated between now and then, particularly if the SEC ultimately opts to adopt a nine game conference schedule.

Total P4 opponents scheduled 2025-2034

22 – UGA 

20 – Alabama 

18 – Florida, South Carolina

11 – Missouri 

9 – Arkansas, LSU

7 – Texas, Vanderbilt

6 – Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee 

5 – Mississippi State, Texas A&M

4 – Auburn 

3 – Ole Miss 

Power Four Teams with Most games vs SEC 

1. Clemson – 16
2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida State – 14
4. Louisville – 10
5. Notre Dame – 9
6. Arizona State – 9
7. Ohio State – 6
8. NC State – 6
9. Miami – 5
10. Virginia Tech – 5
11. Colorado – 4 

Future Power Four Non-Conference Opponents for every SEC school year-by-year

Alabama 

• 2025: at Florida State, Wisconsin 
• 2026: at West Virginia, Florida State 
• 2027: West Virginia, at Ohio State 
• 2028: Ohio State, at Oklahoma State 
• 2029: at Notre Dame, Oklahoma State 
• 2030: at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame 
• 2031: Georgia Tech, at Boston College 
• 2032: Arizona, at Minnesota 
• 2033: at Arizona, Minnesota 
• 2034: at Virginia Tech, Boston College 
• 2035: Virginia Tech

Arkansas 

• 2025: Notre Dame 
• 2026: at Utah 
• 2027: Oklahoma State 
• 2028: at Notre Dame 
• 2029: Utah 
• 2030: at Texas Tech 
• 2031: Texas Tech 
• 2032: at Oklahoma State 
• 2033: Oklahoma State 

Auburn

• 2025: at Baylor 
• 2026: Baylor 
• 2029: at Miami
• 2030: Miami 

Florida

• 2025: at Miami, Florida State 
• 2026: at Florida State 
• 2027: Florida State 
• 2028: Colorado, at Arizona State, at Florida State 
• 2029: at Colorado, Florida State 
• 2030: at UCF, at Florida State 
• 2031: Arizona State, at Notre Dame, Florida State 
• 2032: Notre Dame, at Florida State 
• 2033: UCF, Florida State 

Georgia

• 2025: at Georgia Tech 
• 2026: at Louisville, Georgia Tech 
• 2027: at Florida State, Louisville, at Georgia Tech 
• 2028: Florida State, Georgia Tech 
• 2029: at Clemson, at Georgia Tech 
• 2030: Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia Tech 
• 2031: at Ohio State, at Georgia Tech 
• 2032: Clemson, Georgia Tech 
• 2033: at Clemson, NC State, at Georgia Tech 
• 2034: at NC State, Georgia Tech 

Kentucky

• 2025-2030: Louisville 

LSU

• 2025: at Clemson
• 2026: Clemson 
• 2027: Houston (Neutral)
• 2028: SMU
• 2029: at SMU, Arizona State 
• 2030: at Arizona State 
• 2031: at Utah 
• 2032: Utah 

Mississippi State 

• 2025: Arizona State 
• 2026: at Minnesota
• 2027: Minnesota 
• 2028: Texas Tech 
• 2029: at Texas Tech 

Missouri 

• 2025: Kansas 
• 2026: at Kansas 
• 2027: Illinois 
• 2028: at Illinois 
• 2029: Illinois 
• 2030: Colorado 
• 2031: at Colorado, Kansas 
• 2032: at Kansas 
• 2033: Illinois 
• 2034: at Illinois 
• 2035: at BYU, Illinois 

Oklahoma 

• 2025: Michigan 
• 2026: at Michigan 
• 2027: at SMU
• 2028: at Houston
• 2029: Nebraska 
• 2030: at Nebraska 

Ole Miss

• 2032: at Virginia Tech 
• 2033: Purdue
• 2034: at Purdue 

South Carolina 

• 2025: Virginia Tech (Neutral), Clemson
• 2026: Miami, at Clemson
• 2027: at Miami, Clemson 
• 2028: North Carolina, at Clemson
• 2029: at North Carolina, Clemson 
• 2030: NC State, at Clemson 
• 2031: at NC State, Clemson 
• 2032: at Clemson 
• 2033: Clemson 
• 2034: Virginia Tech, at Clemson

Tennessee

• 2025: Syracuse (Neutral)
• 2026: at Georgia Tech 
• 2027: Georgia Tech 
• 2028: West Virginia (Neutral
• 2029: Washington
• 2030: at Washington 

Texas 

• 2025: Ohio State 
• 2026: Ohio State 
• 2027: Michigan 
• 2028: at Notre Dame 
• 2029: Notre Dame
• 2032: at Arizona State 
• 2033: Arizona State 

Texas A&M

• 2025: at Notre Dame 
• 2026: Arizona State
• 2027: at Arizona State 
• 2028: Louisville 
• 2029: at Louisville 

Vanderbilt 

• 2025: at Virginia Tech 
• 2026: NC State 
• 2027: at Stanford 
• 2028: at NC State 
• 2029: Purdue 
• 2030: at Stanford 
• 2031 Stanford