Do we know 2026 SEC opponents yet?

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Years ago there was a rotation we could look ahead and know, but now I’m not sure and we should be wrapping up Home/Home series with Miss St, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Update: I just checked and there is no schedule past this season with Sankey still pushing for 9 games but ADs being against it.

What do you all want to see happen?

Expansion? Stay 8 games? Go to 9?
 
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Even if they go 9 games they'll have to give everyone two years to cancel the extra out of conference game if they go 9 it'll start in 2028 season. For 26 they'll be two rival games and flip around the other six.
 
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www.usatoday.com

SEC will likely delay 2026 football schedule decision. Here's why.

SEC officials debated their future schedule format this week, but they're unlikely to reach a decision by the end of their spring meetings.
www.usatoday.com

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2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule

Check out the official 2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule here. In 2026 the Volunteers play many competitive games.
www.utvolstix.com www.utvolstix.com

Saturday Sep 5, 2026 Furman Paladins
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

Saturday Sep 12, 2026 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Saturday Sep 19, 2026 Kennesaw State Owls
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN
 
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WillisWG said:
www.usatoday.com

SEC will likely delay 2026 football schedule decision. Here's why.

SEC officials debated their future schedule format this week, but they're unlikely to reach a decision by the end of their spring meetings.
www.usatoday.com

can kicking

2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule

Check out the official 2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule here. In 2026 the Volunteers play many competitive games.
www.utvolstix.com www.utvolstix.com

Saturday Sep 5, 2026 Furman Paladins
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

Saturday Sep 12, 2026 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Saturday Sep 19, 2026 Kennesaw State Owls
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN
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3-0 start
 
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There is no competitive reason to go to 9. It just cannibalizes the conference further. If you do well in the SEC, you get in the CFP. But adding that extra game, and potential extra loss doesn't help anyone's case. I'm okay with requiring a P4 game instead of a cupcake. But not sure that there's a reason to add a 9th conference game outside of money. Which, honestly, is the only reason that will matter in the end.
 
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WillisWG said:
www.usatoday.com

SEC will likely delay 2026 football schedule decision. Here's why.

SEC officials debated their future schedule format this week, but they're unlikely to reach a decision by the end of their spring meetings.
www.usatoday.com

can kicking

2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule

Check out the official 2026 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule here. In 2026 the Volunteers play many competitive games.
www.utvolstix.com www.utvolstix.com

Saturday Sep 5, 2026 Furman Paladins
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

Saturday Sep 12, 2026 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Saturday Sep 19, 2026 Kennesaw State Owls
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN
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i thought we played Tech in Mercedes Benz Dome
 
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MustardVol said:
Years ago there was a rotation we could look ahead and know, but now I’m not sure and we should be wrapping up Home/Home series with Miss St, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Update: I just checked and there is no schedule past this season with Sankey still pushing for 9 games but ADs being against it.

What do you all want to see happen?

Expansion? Stay 8 games? Go to 9?
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I was wondering the same thing as I was looking at 2026 potential roster. Oh well, looks like we will have to table this one.
 
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I notice that it always seems like Big 10 fans bragging about their 9 game conference schedule, and that the SEC schedules 4 cupcakes and therefore has it easier. They overlook the fact that the SEC schools usually schedule a decent, or even top-level, power 4 school and sometimes 2 of them (last year UF had Miami and FSU on their schedule- yeah FSU sucked but they had no way of knowing that before the season). I think there’s plenty of reasons to doubt the Indianas and Illinois and even the Penn States. I don’t believe they are as strong top to bottom as the SEC, so their 9 game schedule is not any more competitive than our 8 game schedules. SOS rankings seem to bear this out.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
There is no competitive reason to go to 9. It just cannibalizes the conference further. If you do well in the SEC, you get in the CFP. But adding that extra game, and potential extra loss doesn't help anyone's case. I'm okay with requiring a P4 game instead of a cupcake. But not sure that there's a reason to add a 9th conference game outside of money. Which, honestly, is the only reason that will matter in the end.
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There is every reason to go to 9. If you don’t, you’re going to end up destroying annual rivalries like the 3rd Saturday in October.

12 teams get into the CFP now. It’s about to be 16. If you’re in the top 4 in the SEC, you’re in. If not, you don’t deserve to be.

So drop the requirement to play another P4 opponent each year, add a 9th SEC game, and stop whining about how hard it is. The new format gives you every opportunity to win a NC with a couple of losses.

Otherwise, losing the Tennessee-Alabama, Georgia-Auburn, Etc. games on an annual basis further erodes the magic of the sport. We’re losing all the reasons we fell in love with it in the first place.
 
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