Sixteen teams, seventy-two conference games, thirteen weeks, and a title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on December 5.
2026 is the first season every SEC school plays nine conference games, up from eight. Each team keeps three annual opponents to protect the traditional rivalries, and the other six rotate, which means every school now faces every other school at least once every two years and home and away within four. There are no divisions; the top two by winning percentage meet for the title.
Here is the whole thing, week by week, with kickoff times and networks where they are locked and a link to pick every game.
Times are Eastern. Conference games are marked. Anything listed without a time is still in a flex window, which the networks settle midweek.
Week 1 — September 3 to 6
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Missouri | Thu 8:00 | SEC Network |
| UTEP at Oklahoma | Fri 8:00 | SECN+ |
| East Carolina at Alabama | Sat 12:00 | ABC |
| Kent State at South Carolina | Sat 12:45 | SEC Network |
| Youngstown State at Kentucky | Sat 1:00 | SECN+ |
| Tennessee State at Georgia | Sat 3:00 | SECN+ |
| Texas State at Texas | Sat 3:30 | ESPN |
| Baylor vs Auburn (Atlanta) | Sat 3:30 | ABC |
| Furman at Tennessee | Sat 3:30 | SECN+ |
| North Alabama at Arkansas | Sat 4:15 | SEC Network |
| Missouri State at Texas A&M | Sat 7:00 | ESPN |
| Austin Peay at Vanderbilt | Sat 7:00 | SECN+ |
| Clemson at LSU | Sat 7:30 | ABC |
| UL Monroe at Mississippi State | Sat 7:30 | ESPNU |
| Florida Atlantic at Florida | Sat 7:45 | SEC Network |
| Louisville vs Ole Miss (Nashville) | Sun 7:30 | ABC |
Clemson at LSU is the only opener against a power-conference opponent worth circling, and Ole Miss gets the Sunday night stage to itself.
Week 2 — September 11 and 12
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Missouri at Kansas | Fri 8:00 | FOX |
| Oklahoma at Michigan | Sat 12:00 | FOX |
| Arizona State at Texas A&M | Sat 12:00 | ABC |
| Western Kentucky at Georgia | Sat 12:45 | SEC Network |
| Mississippi State at Minnesota | Sat 3:30 | CBS |
| Alabama at Kentucky | Sat 3:30 | ABC |
| Delaware at Vanderbilt | Sat 4:15 | SEC Network |
| Campbell at Florida | Sat 5:30 | SECN+ |
| Towson at South Carolina | Sat 7:00 | SECN+ |
| Tennessee at Georgia Tech | Sat 7:00 | ESPN |
| Louisiana Tech at LSU | Sat 7:30 | SECN+ |
| Southern Miss at Auburn | Sat | ESPNU or SEC Network |
| Ohio State at Texas | Sat 7:30 | ABC |
| Charlotte at Ole Miss | Sat 7:45 | ESPN2 or SEC Network |
| Arkansas at Utah | Sat 10:15 | ESPN |
Alabama at Kentucky is the first conference game of the season, three weeks before anyone else opens league play. Ohio State at Texas and Oklahoma at Michigan are the two biggest non-conference tests the league faces all year.
Week 3 — September 19
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Georgia at Arkansas | 12:00 | ABC |
| Troy at Missouri | 12:45 | SECN+ |
| NC State at Vanderbilt | 12:45 | SEC Network |
| Florida State at Alabama | 3:30 | ABC |
| Kentucky at Texas A&M | 3:30 | ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Mississippi State at South Carolina | 4:15 | SEC Network |
| Florida at Auburn | 7:00 | ESPN |
| New Mexico at Oklahoma | 7:30 | ESPN2 |
| LSU at Ole Miss | 7:30 | ABC |
| Kennesaw State at Tennessee | 7:45 | SEC Network |
| UTSA at Texas | 8:00 | SECN+ |
Five conference games and Florida State at Alabama. The season starts properly here, and LSU at Ole Miss carries an extra layer with Lane Kiffin returning to Oxford as the LSU coach.
Week 4 — September 26
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Texas at Tennessee | 12:00 | ABC or ESPN |
| South Alabama at Kentucky | 12:45 | SEC Network |
| Ole Miss at Florida | ||
| Texas A&M at LSU | ||
| Oklahoma at Georgia | 5:00 | |
| Vanderbilt at Auburn | ||
| South Carolina at Alabama | ||
| Missouri at Mississippi State | ||
| Tulsa at Arkansas | 8:00 | SECN+ |
Seven conference games in one day. This is the week the league’s shape starts to show.
Week 5 — October 3
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia | ||
| Alabama at Mississippi State | ||
| Arkansas at Texas A&M | ||
| Kentucky at South Carolina | ||
| Auburn at Tennessee | ||
| Florida at Missouri | ||
| McNeese at LSU | 7:45 | SEC Network |
Oklahoma, Texas and Ole Miss are all idle. Everyone else plays a conference game.
Week 6 — October 10
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Texas vs Oklahoma (Dallas) | 3:30 | ABC or ESPN |
| Texas A&M at Missouri | ||
| South Carolina at Florida | ||
| Tennessee at Arkansas | ||
| Ole Miss at Vanderbilt | ||
| Georgia at Alabama | ||
| LSU at Kentucky |
Red River at the Cotton Bowl and Georgia at Alabama on the same afternoon. The best Saturday on the calendar.
Week 7 — October 17
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Mississippi State at LSU | ||
| Florida at Texas | ||
| The Citadel at Texas A&M | 1:00 | SECN+ |
| Auburn at Georgia | ||
| Missouri at Ole Miss | ||
| Arkansas at Vanderbilt | ||
| Kentucky at Oklahoma | ||
| Alabama at Tennessee |
Week 8 — October 24
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| LSU at Auburn | 12:00 | ABC or ESPN |
| Tennessee at South Carolina | ||
| Texas A&M at Alabama | ||
| Ole Miss at Texas | ||
| Oklahoma at Mississippi State | ||
| Vanderbilt at Kentucky |
Ole Miss at Texas is the marquee game, second against fourth on the NIL board and both with playoff cases to build.
Week 9 — October 31
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Missouri at Arkansas | ||
| Florida vs Georgia (Atlanta) | 3:30 | ABC |
| Auburn at Ole Miss | ||
| South Carolina at Oklahoma | ||
| Mississippi State at Texas |
A five-game Halloween slate, the lightest conference week of the season. Florida and Georgia keep their neutral-site tradition in Atlanta.
Week 10 — November 7
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Texas at Missouri | ||
| Arkansas at Auburn | ||
| Texas A&M at South Carolina | ||
| Oklahoma at Florida | ||
| Alabama at LSU | ||
| Georgia at Ole Miss | ||
| Vanderbilt at Mississippi State | ||
| Kentucky at Tennessee |
Eight conference games, no non-conference filler. Georgia at Ole Miss is a rematch of the January bowl the Rebels won 39-34.
Week 11 — November 14
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Alabama at Vanderbilt | ||
| Auburn at Mississippi State | ||
| Ole Miss at Oklahoma | ||
| South Carolina at Arkansas | ||
| Tennessee at Texas A&M | ||
| Missouri at Georgia | ||
| Texas at LSU | ||
| Florida at Kentucky |
Another all-conference Saturday. Eight games, no breathers.
Week 12 — November 21
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Wofford at Ole Miss | 12:00 | SECN+ |
| Tennessee Tech at Mississippi State | 1:00 | SECN+ |
| Chattanooga at Alabama | 2:00 | SECN+ |
| Samford at Auburn | 3:30 | SECN+ |
| Vanderbilt at Florida | ||
| Texas A&M at Oklahoma | ||
| Arkansas at Texas | ||
| Georgia at South Carolina | ||
| LSU at Tennessee | ||
| Kentucky at Missouri |
The traditional tune-up week, half the league resting starters against FCS opponents before rivalry weekend.
Week 13 — November 27 and 28
| Matchup | Time | TV |
| Mississippi State at Ole Miss | Fri 12:00 | ABC |
| Florida at Florida State | Fri 3:30 | ABC |
| Texas at Texas A&M | Fri 7:30 | ABC |
| South Carolina at Clemson | Sat | |
| Louisville at Kentucky | Sat | |
| LSU at Arkansas | Sat | |
| Oklahoma at Missouri | Sat | |
| Auburn at Alabama | Sat | |
| Georgia Tech at Georgia | Sat | |
| Tennessee at Vanderbilt | Sat |
Rivalry week splits across two days for the first time in a while, with the Egg Bowl, the Florida-Florida State game and the Lone Star Showdown all on Friday.
Worth noting what Oklahoma does not have here. Bedlam is no longer an annual game now that the Sooners are in the SEC and Oklahoma State is not, so while Alabama plays Auburn and Georgia plays Georgia Tech and South Carolina plays Clemson, Oklahoma goes to Missouri. That is realignment’s quiet cost: the games that used to happen automatically now have to be negotiated.
SEC Championship — December 5
Saturday, December 5, 4:00 PM Eastern on ABC, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The 35th SEC Championship Game, and the first decided by a nine-game conference schedule.
Before the season starts
- Make your picks — week by week, +20 points each
- See the whole league — the SEC hub has every school and every sport
- Compare two teams — the School Rivalry tool stacks any two side by side
- Read the NIL board — where all 16 SEC programs rank before a snap is played
- Watch the movement — the Transfer Tracker follows who is entering and committing
