Southeastern Conference adopts 2025 football schedule format
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Southeastern Conference is sticking to an eight-game league schedule for at least two more seasons.
The league announced on Wednesday that teams will play eight SEC opponents in 2025 with one mandated game against a team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or a “major independent.”
The SEC had previously decided to use an eight-game format this season, when the league expands to 16 teams with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas. Teams will face the same league opponents in both seasons.
“We continue to monitor changes across college sports as they relate to future scheduling,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. “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.”
Schools will play the same opponents in 2025 that they are scheduled to play in 2024, with sites changed for equal home and away competition over the course of the two seasons.
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The full schedule of dates of games for the 2025 football season will be announced at a later time.
The 2025 schedule format was approved by a vote of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors last week following a recommendation from the league’s Athletics Directors.
The 2025 season will be the second year that the SEC Championship Game will feature the top two teams in the 16-team Conference standings at the end of the regular season. Beginning with the 2024 season, the SEC will eliminate divisional standings.
2025 SEC FOOTBALL OPPONENTS AND SITES
Alabama
- Home: LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
- Away: Auburn, Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina
Arkansas
- Home: Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M
- Away: LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas
Auburn
- Home: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri
- Away: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Florida
- Home: Georgia (in Jacksonville), Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas
- Away: Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M
Georgia
- Home: Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas
- Away: Auburn, Florida (in Jacksonville), Mississippi State, Tennessee
Kentucky
- Home: Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas
- Away: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
LSU
- Home: Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Texas A&M
- Away: Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Ole Miss
- Home: Arkansas, Florida, LSU, South Carolina
- Away: Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Oklahoma
Mississippi State
- Home: Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas
- Away: Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M
Missouri
- Home: Alabama, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Texas A&M
- Away: Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Oklahoma
- Home: Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri
- Away: Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (in Dallas)
South Carolina
- Home: Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
- Away: LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, Texas A&M
Tennessee
- Home: Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
- Away: Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State
Texas
- Home: Arkansas, Oklahoma (in Dallas), Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
- Away: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State
Texas A&M
- Home: Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina
- Away: Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Texas
Vanderbilt
- Home: Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri
- Away: Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
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