Total speculation on my part, but I’d be surprised if a public schedule is released before the end of January or first of February. Even if the coaches agree on a format this week, the SEC office will need time to make the schedule. There’s also no guarantee a final decision will be made this week.
In an interview last week, Paul Mainieri said he felt like the conference was leaning towards 10 four game weekends and no non-conference games once SEC started, but added there were several other options on the table. SC coach Mark Kingston echoed these sentiments in discussing trying to salvage the series with Clemson.
Keep in mind, the SEC told us last spring when canceling the season, this year’s schedule would feature the same teams and locations but not necessarily the same order. That would mean playing Florida, LSU, Arkansas, Vandy and Kentucky at home and Alabama, Mizzou, Texas A&M, Georgia and South Carolina on the road. Again, that also could certainly change. Coach Vitello also gave us some insight into the non-conference possibilities in a radio interview mentioning Charlotte, Bowling Green and Georgia Southern I believe.
Then, once the conference schedule is finalized, the staff will have to finalize these other games. That will take time as well, even though they probably do already have an idea. All that to say we really don’t know anything definitive at this point as preacherman pointed out and I wouldn’t expect to know much for another 2-3 weeks.