The Southeastern Conference is ahead of all of us.
To quote the great Paul Heyman, “That’s not a prediction; it’s a spoiler.”
The SEC announced its 2025 slate of conference opponents on Wednesday, and as many expected, the league did not up their number of conference games from eight to nine. The schedule was approved by the member schools after it was presented to them by the athletic directors. They’ll still play eight conference games each.
There is this little ditty, though: each SEC team has to play a required opponent from one of the other power five conferences (and yes, they did include the Pac-12, even though the Pac-12 is now the Pac-TWO), or a major independent.
Texas and Oklahoma join the conference this fall, and already there are games like Alabama at Oklahoma and Georgia at Texas on the books for the 2024 season. The 2025 season actually just flip-flops the sites of this year’s games. Instead of a complete total new schedule, for instance, Alabama visits the Sooners this season, and will host them in ’25.
“We continue to monitor changes across college sports as they relate to future scheduling,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said, in a press release. “Continuing with our current format for the 2025 season provides additional time to understand the impact of the changes happening around us as we determine the appropriate long-term plan for SEC football scheduling.”
In alphabetical order, here’s the 2025 schedule (again, for the 2024 schedule, just flip the home / away).
Alabama will host LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Vanderbilt, and will visit Auburn, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina.
Arkansas will host Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri and Texas A&M at home, and will visit LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas.
Auburn will host Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri, and will travel to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
Florida will face Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla., host Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas and then visit Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
Georgia hosts Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas, and visit Jacksonville, Fla., for its game against Florida, and then visit Auburn, Mississippi State and Tennessee.
Kentucky will get Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas at home, and then travel to Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
LSU will host Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina and Texas A&M, and visit Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
Ole Miss will play Arkansas, Florida, LSU and South Carolina in Oxford, then travel to Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
Mississippi State hosts Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas, and visits Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Missouri will play Alabama, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Texas A&M in Columbia, and then travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
Oklahoma will host Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and Missouri, will play Texas at the Cotton Bowl as usual, and then travel to Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and face rival Texas in Dallas.
South Carolina hosts Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, and will visit LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Tennessee hosts Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt and visits Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
Texas will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt, and meet the Sooners in Dallas, as usual. They’ll visit Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
Texas A&M hosts Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and South Carolina, and visit Arkansas, LSU, Missouri and Texas.
Vanderbilt will host Auburn, Kentucky, LSU and Missouri, and visit Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
