The SEC announced its 2026 college football schedules for each of its 16 members Thursday night with one notable difference from previous years: The league will shift to a nine-game conference schedule starting next season.
The measure, which was approved by the SEC presidents and chancellors in August, allows each SEC team to face every other SEC program once every two years, maintaining three annual opponents. Each SEC team will still have to schedule at least one non-conference opponent from the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12 conference or Notre Dame each season.
The most anticipated game in the conference, and perhaps the country, will come in Week 3, when Lane Kiffin takes LSU to Oxford on September 19 to face his former team, Ole Miss. Another highlight will be Georgia's visit to Alabama on Oct. 10 in a rematch of this season's SEC championship game.
Here are the team-by-team schedules for 2026:
September 5: vs. East Carolina
September 12: in kentucky
September 19: against Florida State
September 26: vs. South Carolina
October 3: in the state of Mississippi
October 10: against Georgia
October 17: in tennessee
October 24: vs. Texas A&M
October 31: OFF
November 7: at L.S.U.
November 14: at Vanderbilt
November 21: vs. Chattanooga
November 28: against chestnut
September 5: vs. North Alabama
September 12: in Utah
September 19: against Georgia
September 26: vs. Tulsa
October 3: at Texas A&M
October 10: vs. Tennessee
October 17: at Vanderbilt
October 24: OFF
October 31: vs. Missouri
November 7: in chestnut
November 14: vs. South Carolina
November 21: in texas
November 28: vs. LSU
September 5: vs. Baylor*
September 12: against the southern lady
September 19: against Florida
September 26: against Vanderbilt
October 3: in tennessee
October 10: OFF
October 17: in georgia
October 24: vs. LSU
October 31: at Ole Señorita
November 7: vs. Arkansas
November 14: in the state of Mississippi
November 21: vs. Samford
November 28: in alabama
*Played at a neutral site
September 5: against Florida Atlantic
September 12: vs. Campbell
September 19: in chestnut
September 26: against the old lady
October 3: in Missouri
October 10: vs. South Carolina
October 17: in texas
October 24: OFF
October 31: against Georgia*
November 7: vs. Oklahoma
November 14: in kentucky
November 21: against Vanderbilt
November 28: in the state of florida
*Played at a neutral site
September 5: vs. Tennessee State
September 12: against Western Kentucky
September 19: in Arkansas
September 26: vs. Oklahoma
October 3: against Vanderbilt
October 10: in alabama
October 17: against chestnut
October 24: OFF
October 31: off Florida*
November 7: at Ole Señorita
November 14: vs. Missouri
November 21: in south carolina
November 28: vs. Georgia Tech
*Played at a neutral site
September 5: v. Youngstown State
September 12: vs. Alabama
September 19: at Texas A&M
September 26: vs. South Alabama
October 3: in south carolina
October 10: vs. LSU
October 17: in oklahoma
October 24: against Vanderbilt
October 31: OFF
November 7: in tennessee
November 14: against Florida
November 21: in Missouri
November 28: vs. Louisville
September 5: vs. Clemson
September 12: v. louisiana tech
September 19: at Ole Señorita
September 26: vs. Texas A&M
October 3: v. McNeese State
October 10: in kentucky
October 17: vs. Mississippi State
October 24: in chestnut
October 31: OFF
November 7: vs. Alabama
November 14: vs. Texas
November 21: in tennessee
November 28: in Arkansas
September 5: vs. Louisiana-Monroe
September 12: in Minnesota
September 19: in south carolina
September 26: vs. Missouri
October 3: vs. Alabama
October 10: OFF
October 17: at L.S.U.
October 24: vs. Oklahoma
October 31: in texas
November 7: against Vanderbilt
November 14: against chestnut
November 21: vs. Tennessee Tech
November 28: at Ole Señorita
September 5: vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
September 12: in Kansas
September 19: against Troy
September 26: in the state of Mississippi
October 3: against Florida
October 10: vs. Texas A&M
October 17: at Ole Señorita
October 24: OFF
October 31: in Arkansas
November 7: vs. Texas
November 14: in georgia
November 21: against Kentucky
November 28: vs. Oklahoma
September 5: against UTEP
September 12: in Michigan
September 19: vs. New Mexico
September 26: in georgia
October 3: OFF
October 10: vs. Texas*
October 17: against Kentucky
October 24: in the state of Mississippi
October 31: vs. South Carolina
November 7: in florida
November 14: against the old lady
November 21: vs. Texas A&M
November 28: in Missouri
*Played at a neutral site
September 5/6: vs. Louisville*
September 12: against charlotte
September 19: vs. LSU
September 26: in florida
October 3: OFF
October 10: at Vanderbilt
October 17: vs. Missouri
October 24: in texas
October 31: against chestnut
November 7: against Georgia
November 14: in oklahoma
November 21: vs. Wofford
November 28: vs. Mississippi State
*Played at a neutral site
September 5: v. Kent State
September 12: vs. Towson
September 19: vs. Mississippi State
September 26: in alabama
October 3: against Kentucky
October 10: in florida
October 17: OFF
October 24: vs. Tennessee
October 31: in oklahoma
November 7: vs. Texas A&M
November 14: in Arkansas
November 21: against Georgia
November 28: at Clemson
September 5: v. Furman
September 12: at Georgia Tech
September 19: v. State of Kennesaw
September 26: vs. Texas
October 3: against chestnut
October 10: in Arkansas
October 17: vs. Alabama
October 24: in south carolina
October 31: OFF
November 7: against Kentucky
November 14: at Texas A&M
November 21: vs. LSU
November 28: at Vanderbilt
September 5: against the state of Texas
September 12: vs. Ohio State
September 19: v. UTSA
September 26: in tennessee
October 3: OFF
October 10: vs. Oklahoma*
October 17: against Florida
October 24: against the old lady
October 31: vs. Mississippi State
November 7: in Missouri
November 14: at L.S.U.
November 21: vs. Arkansas
November 27: at Texas A&M
*Played at a neutral site
September 5: against the state of missouri
September 12: against Arizona State
September 19: against Kentucky
September 26: at L.S.U.
October 3: vs. Arkansas
October 10: in Missouri
October 17: against citadel
October 24: in alabama
October 31: OFF
November 7: in south carolina
November 14: vs. Tennessee
November 21: in oklahoma
November 27: vs. Texas
September 5: vs. Austin Peay
September 12: v. Delaware
September 19: vs. state of north carolina
September 26: in chestnut
October 3: in georgia
October 10: against the old lady
October 17: vs. Arkansas
October 24: in kentucky
October 31: OFF
November 7: in the state of Mississippi
November 14: vs. Alabama
November 21: in florida
November 28: vs. Tennessee
