2026 SEC football schedule, week-by-week schedules for all 16 teams

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The 2026 SEC football schedule will be released on Dec. 11 via the SEC Network and ESPN.

The 2026 season will be the first year of the nine-game conference schedule format with rotating opponents, in which each team will play at each SEC team at least once over a four-year period.

After two seasons of a two-bye format, SEC teams will have only one open date each. The one-bye format is a first in the 16-team era, which could ratchet up the physicality of the season.

Here is the 2026 SEC football schedule, listed in a week-by-week format, with times to be announced later in 2026:

2026 SEC Football Schedule

To be announced by SEC at 8 p.m. Eastern. 7 p.m. Central

Week 1

September 5

  • East Carolina at Alabama
  • Auburn vs. Baylor in Atlanta
  • North Alabama at Arkansas
  • FAU at Florida
  • Tennessee State at Georgia
  • Youngstown State at Kentucky
  • Clemson at LSU
  • UL Monroe at Mississippi State
  • Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri
  • UTEP at Oklahoma
  • Ole Miss vs. Louisville in Atlanta
  • Kent State at South Carolina
  • Furman at Tennessee
  • Texas State at Texas
  • Missouri State at Texas A&M
  • Austin Peay at Vanderbilt

Week 2

September 12

  • Alabama at Kentucky
  • Arkansas at Utah
  • Southern Miss at Auburn
  • Campbell at Florida
  • Western Kentucky at Georgia
  • Louisiana Tech at LSU
  • Mississippi State at Minnesota
  • Missouri at Kansas
  • Oklahoma at Michigan
  • Charlotte at Ole Miss
  • Towson at South Carolina
  • Tennessee at Georgia Tech
  • Ohio State at Texas
  • Arizona State at Texas A&M
  • Delaware at Vanderbilt

Week 3

September 19

  • LSU at Ole Miss
  • Florida at Auburn
  • Georgia at Arkansas
  • Mississippi State at South Carolina
  • Kentucky at Texas A&M
  • Florida State at Alabama
  • Troy at Mississippi State
  • New Mexico at Oklahoma
  • Kennesaw State at Tennessee
  • UTSA at Texas
  • NC State at Vanderbilt

Week 4

September 26

  • South Carolina at Alabama
  • Vanderbilt at Auburn
  • Ole Miss at Florida
  • Oklahoma at Georgia
  • Texas A&M at LSU
  • Missouri at Mississippi State
  • Texas at Tennessee
  • Tulsa at Arkansas
  • South Alabama at Kentucky

Week 5

October 3

  • Vanderbilt at Georgia
  • Auburn at Tennessee
  • Arkansas at Texas A&M
  • Alabama at Mississippi State
  • Florida at Missouri
  • Kentucky at South Carolina
  • McNeese State at LSU

Week 6

October 10

  • Georgia at Alabama
  • Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas
  • Tennessee at Arkansas
  • South Carolina at Florida
  • LSU at Kentucky
  • Texas A&M at Missouri
  • Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

Week 7

October 17

  • Alabama at Tennessee
  • Florida at Texas
  • Auburn at Georgia
  • Missouri at Ole Miss
  • Mississippi State at LSU
  • Kentucky at Oklahoma
  • Arkansas at Vanderbilt
  • The Citadel at Texas A&M

Week 8

October 24

  • Texas A&M at Alabama
  • Ole Miss at Texas
  • LSU at Auburn
  • Vanderbilt at Kentucky
  • Tennessee at South Carolina
  • Oklahoma at Mississippi State

Week 9

October 31

  • Missouri at Arkansas
  • Florida vs. Georgia in Atlanta
  • Auburn at Ole Miss
  • South Carolina at Oklahoma
  • Mississippi State at Texas

Week 10

November 7

  • Georgia at Ole Miss
  • Texas at Missouri
  • Texas A&M at South Carolina
  • Arkansas at Auburn
  • Oklahoma at Florida
  • Alabama at LSU
  • Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
  • Kentucky at Tennessee

Week 11

November 14

  • Texas at LSU
  • Ole Miss at Oklahoma
  • Alabama at Vanderbilt
  • South Carolina at Arkansas
  • Missouri at Georgia
  • Florida at Kentucky
  • Auburn at Mississippi State
  • Tennessee at Texas A&M

Week 12

November 21

  • LSU at Tennessee
  • Texas A&M at Oklahoma
  • Arkansas at Texas
  • Kentucky at Missouri
  • Vanderbilt at Florida
  • Georgia at South Carolina
  • Chattanooga at Alabama
  • Tennessee Tech at Mississippi State
  • Samford at Auburn
  • Wofford at Ole Miss

Week 13

November 28

  • Auburn at Alabama
  • Texas at Texas A&M
  • Mississippi State at Ole Miss
  • Tennessee at Vanderbilt
  • Oklahoma at Missouri
  • LSU at Arkansas
  • Florida at Florida State
  • Georgia Tech at Georgia
  • Louisville at Kentucky
  • South Carolina at Clemson

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: SEC football schedule release, 2026 schedules for every team, week-by-week

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