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By Chris Marler
The official unveiling of every SEC team’s three annual opponents isn’t scheduled until Tuesday. However, according to a report from On3 the future opponents have officially been set.
BREAKING: Annual SEC College Football opponents for the next 4 seasons per @clowfb👀 https://t.co/nm9NpSUTc2 pic.twitter.com/G0X3qkgJq7
— On3 (@On3sports) September 22, 2025
What You Need To Know
The league will shift to a nine game conference schedule beginning in 2026. That means each team will keep three annual opponents while rotating home-and-away series with six others every two years, facing all 12 remaining teams over four years.
The biggest change here, besides revenue that will be shoved even deeper into the pockets of the conference, is that every team will host and travel to every school in the conference at least once every four years.
The Schedule
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
What We Kept
One of the main points of emphasis and focus from the SEC and commissioner Greg Sankey was to preserve some of the annual and most longstanding rivalries in the conference. That means annual in-state rivalries and most of the annual contests between the original members of the conference were maintained.
Games like the Egg Bowl, Iron Bowl, and Georgia vs. Florida were kept. A good deal of other former cross divisional rivalries were kept, as well. Here’s a look at some of the bigger rivalries and games that were kept.
- Alabama vs. Tennessee
- Auburn vs. Georgia
- LSU vs. Ole Miss
- Texas vs. Oklahoma
- Arkansas vs. Missouri
- Arkansas vs. LSU
What We Lost
Expanding to a nine-game SEC schedule meant fans would inevitably lose some of their favorite yearly matchups. Nowhere is that more obvious than with LSU and several other former divisional rivalries. Yes, these teams will still meet every three or four years, but some of the conference’s most iconic and traditional showdowns are no longer annual fixtures.
That includes:
- LSU vs. Alabama
- LSU vs. Florida
- Georgia vs. Tennessee
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