SEC sets conference challengers for ’25 season
The SEC will continue to play eight conference games in 2025, plus one needed challenger from the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent, the league revealed Wednesday.The SEC will play its
first season as a 16-team conference this fall with Oklahoma and Texas as members, and the 2025 schedule resembles what fans will see this fall. Schools will play the same challengers they are set up to face this year, with sites changed for equal home and away games over the course of the two seasons.”We continue to monitor modifications across college sports as
they connect to future scheduling,”SEC commissioner Greg Sankey stated in a ready declaration.” Continuing with our current format for the 2025 season provides additional time to comprehend the effect of the modifications taking place around us as we determine the suitable long-lasting prepare for SEC football scheduling.”The 2025 season will be the 2nd year that the SEC title game will feature the top two teams in the conference standings at the end of the regular season, as the SEC has gotten rid of divisional standings starting this fall.The SEC presidents and chancellors authorized the 2025 schedule recently following a recommendation from the league’s athletic directors. The 2025 challengers and sites are as follows: Alabama will play LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in your home, and will travel to Auburn, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina.Arkansas will deal with Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri and Texas A&M in your home, and will travel to LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee
and Texas.Auburn will host Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri, and will take a trip to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.Florida will
deal with Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla., will host Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas and will travel to Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and
Texas A&M. Georgia will host Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas, and travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for its game versus Florida,
in addition to trips to Auburn, Mississippi State and Tennessee.Kentucky will host Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas, and travel to Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.LSU will host Arkansas
, Florida, South Carolina and Texas A&M, and travel to Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.Ole Miss will host Arkansas
, Florida, LSU and South Carolina, and travel to Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.Mississippi State
will host Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas, and travel to Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and
Texas A&M. Missouri will host Alabama, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Texas A&M, and will take a trip
to Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.Oklahoma will host Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and Missouri, and will travel to Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and face competing Texas in Dallas.South Carolina will host Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, and will take a trip to LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri and Texas A&M. Tennessee will host Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt and travel to Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi State.Texas will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt, and will play rival OU in Dallas. The Longhorns will travel to Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi
State.Texas A&M will host Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and South Carolina, and travel to Arkansas, LSU, Missouri and Texas.Vanderbilt will host Auburn, Kentucky, LSU and Missouri, and will travel to Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.