SEC’s Notes on the New Scheduling Format and the 2026-2029 Opponents

[TrueOrange]

Per On3 and Chris Low:

 

[TrueOrange]

Whoops. Didn’t catch that I mistyped the title. Fixed.

 

[VolCalls]

Of note at the bottom of page two is a statement that there could be some opponents who play each other home or away in back-to-back years. This means we could be making a trip back to Tuscaloosa or Lexington in 2026 or we could host Vandy a second consecutive year. Hopefully not, but someone’s going to have to do it.

 

[NighthawkVol]

What time does the rotating opponents announcement come out today?

 

[ffemtp]

What time does the rotating opponents announcement come out today?

ESPN.com is showing tonight at 7:00 est on ESPN2 and SEC Network

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

According to Hubbs, we can expect three of our six rotating opponents next year to be LSU, Texas, and Auburn

 

[ButchPlz]

I hope all the "we got an easy" dingaloids take the time to read this.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

What time does the rotating opponents announcement come out today?

7pm is the schedule release

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

I hope all the "we got an easy" dingaloids take the time to read this.

Won't help em...

 

[Volteacher]

Are they going to announce the schedule of ALL the teams we are going to play or just the "rivalries" that are our permanent opponents.

 

[TrueOrange]

Are they going to announce the schedule of ALL the teams we are going to play or just the "rivalries" that are our permanent opponents.

All opponents will be revealed for every team's 2026 schedule.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

All opponents will be revealed for every team's 2026 schedule.

So if we get Texas next year (which I think is very likely) do we skip them in 2027 and then get them again in 2028? Basically what I’m asking is, has it been established that we get 6 completely different teams from year to year or if we host LSU next season we go there the following year?

 

[TrueOrange]

So if we get Texas next year (which I think is very likely) do we skip them in 2027 and then get them again in 2028? Basically what I’m asking is, has it been established that we get 6 completely different teams from year to year or if we host LSU next season we go there the following year?

It sort of sounds like it to some degree. The only information we have is that each SEC team will play every other SEC team once every two years and twice every four years.

Whether that means it’s a full flip each year or some of those teams would be played back-to-back (like between year 2 and year 3 and I guess year 4 and year 1) remains to be seen.