I think you might be off a bit, Cmac. Based on what the ACC just announced, I think it's likely the SEC will allow at least one OOC game for each team.
Here's what ACC decided today, and just announced. Including it here because it impacts SEC teams in a couple of ways, see paragraph 5 (which means the ACC almost certainly coordinated with the SEC before finalizing this):
NOTE: what follows is only in effect for the 2020 season--none of the changes are permanent.
1. Each ACC team will play an 11-game regular season: 10+1 (more about the 1 out of conference game below).
2. Notre Dame is included as a full participant in conference scheduling, and will be eligible to play in the ACC championship game.
3. No divisions.
4. ACC season begins September 12th, runs 13 weeks (two built-in bye weeks for each team).
5. Each team has the freedom to set its own non-conference game...all OOC games must take place in the ACC teams' home state. This means the four SEC-ACC rivalry matches normally played in November (Kentucky-Louisville, USCE-Clemson, Georgia-Georgia Tech, and Florida-FSU) are all permitted. It also means that the Auburn-UNC and Georgia-Virginia season kickoff games in Atlanta are cancelled.
6. All OOC opponents must meet the ACC medical protocols in addition to whatever their own conferences require.
7. ACC championship game will be December 12th or 19th in Charlotte, allowing a fudge week in case of need to reschedule games during the season. The two teams with best conference records will play for the championship--OOC games do not count in this calculation.
ACC sets 11-game schedule, includes Notre Dame
I've believed for a few weeks now that we're probably headed for a Conference+1 scheduling model. This move by the ACC makes that seem even more likely.
EDIT and p.s. Reading a little more from sources like this one (
SEC football schedule 2020: ADs approve 10 league-only games as ACC allows nonconference matchups, per report ), it is quite possible a few journalists may be misunderstanding what they heard on the down-low from someone inside the SEC tent.
Here's what I mean. The ADs have two main issues in deciding on a scheduling model: (a) how many conference games to play, and (b) whether/how many OOC games to allow. The in-conference decision has a lot of detailed pieces, like whether to retain division structure, how to decide which teams go to the conference championship game, what rivalries to protect, etc. The OOC decision is kind of divorced from much of that, though it has to mesh well with the in-conference piece.
So....what if the ADs agreed today to go with 10-game in-conference schedule. They might not have said anything (yet) about the OOC piece. And someone leaked the 10-game bit to a few folks in the media, who are running with it. But some of them have misunderstood what they heard, and are assuming that means no OOC games. When that may not be part of today's decision at all.
Meh, time will tell. I still think a +1 model is more likely for the SEC.