Sources: Bama-UGA in Sept
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Chris Low, ESPN Elder WriterNov 27, 2023, 07:03 PM ET
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As Alabama and Georgia prepare to satisfy on Saturday in the SEC championship game, fans will not have to wait too long to see them square off again.Sources told ESPN that Alabama and Georgia are arranged to square off throughout the very first month of the 2024 project, on Sept. 28 in Tuscaloosa, in what will be one of the most anticipated regular-season matches in college football.The SEC plans to reveal the entire 2024 slate at some point in December, a schedule that will include new members Oklahoma and Texas in the expanded 16-team league.The September conference in between Alabama and Georgia will be only the fifth time in the past twenty years that these SEC powerhouses have played in the routine season. Their face-off on Saturday in Atlanta will mean five of their previous 6 conferences have actually come in either the SEC title game or the College Football Playoff Championship game game. The only exception was during the 2020 pandemic season, when attendance at Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium was capped at 19,424 in the Crimson Tide’s 41-24 victory.Alabama and Georgia have actually combined to win 5 of the past eight nationwide championships.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Meanwhile, Texas and Texas A&M will renew their competition after a 12-year hiatus. The game will be used Nov. 30 in College Station to close the regular season, according to sources. Generally, Texas and Texas A&M have actually played on either Thanksgiving Day or the Friday after Thanksgiving.The LSU-Texas A&M contest will move to an earlier date(Oct. 26 in College Station ). That game has actually been played on Thanksgiving weekend given that the Aggies’second year in the SEC in 2013. October will include a number of marquee matches, consisting of Georgia traveling to Texas on Oct. 19. It will mark only the third time the schools have satisfied in the regular season. They last played in during the regular
season in 1958 in Austin, with Texas winning 13-8. They likewise took on in the 2019 Sugar Bowl and the 1984 Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns lead the series 4-1. Oklahoma will make its SEC debut against Tennessee on Sept. 21 in Norman, with Volunteers coach Josh Heupel returning to his alma mater. Heupel played quarterback and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2000, leading the unbeaten Sooners to a nationwide championship.Old Southwest Conference foes Arkansas and Texas will clash on Nov. 16 in Fayetteville for just their 4th regular-season conference in the past 20 years. The Razorbacks beat the Longhorns 40-21 in 2021 throughout a nonconference game.Arkansas and Texas A&M will play Sept. 28 in the final year of the contract pitting the 2
teams versus each other at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Notable 2024 SEC Matchups Video game Date Miami @ Florida Aug. 31 Notre Dame @ Texas A&M Aug. 31 Texas A&M @ Florida Sept. 14 Tennessee @ Oklahoma Sept. 21 Georgia @ Alabama Sept. 28 Alabama @ Tennessee Oct. 19 Georgia @ Texas Oct.
19 LSU @ Texas A&M Oct. 26 Alabama @ LSU Nov. 9 Texas @ Arkansas Nov. 16 Alabama @ Oklahoma Nov. 23 Texas @ Texas A&M Nov. 30 Florida, in what looms as a critical third season for coach Billy Napier, will open SEC play against visiting Texas A&M on Sept. 14. The
Tide play at LSU on Nov. 9 and at Oklahoma on Nov. 23, and they will then return home to face rival Auburn on Nov. 30 in the Iron Bowl.With Oklahoma and Texas joining the league, the SEC voted to remain at 8 conference games for the 2024 season before identifying a more long-term schedule for the future,
which includes possibly including a ninth conference game. The league will remove divisional standings beginning in 2024. The SEC championship game will include the leading two groups in the conference standings at the end of the routine season.The 2024 SEC challengers were identified based upon 2 primary aspects: standard opponents and balance of schedule strength.
Arrange strength was based upon each school’s conference winning percentage given that the previous expansion of the SEC in 2012. All 14 existing SEC schools will play either Oklahoma or Texas in 2024.