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SEC announces expansion of league football schedule in 2026
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SEC announces expansion of league football schedule in 2026
âAdding a ninth SEC game underscores our universitiesâ commitment to delivering the most competitive football schedule in the nation,â Sankey, the SEC commissioner, said in a release.
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I didn’t believe it at first but I’m starting to wonder if GREED is going to ruin everything I love about College Football.
GT is the non-conference P4 opponent. Auburn and Florida are 2 of the 3 rivalry games. Which is #3?
It should be South Carolina, but watch them make it Tennessee.
Write-in candidate: Vandy!
Lol!
what is this strength of schedule metric? And how do we know it will truly honor SOS?
The Big Ten is already acting as though their conference, top to bottom, is as strong as the SEC. They were adamant that we play 9 conferences games like they do—which means more of our teams will beat each other up. They have too many cupcakes in the Big Ten. I can’t say I trust the playoff selection process because they have never given us any consistency in evaluations.
I hate that Auburn is automatically on the list. It’s the oldest series, but not a rival. I would have no problem with it being every other year. Give me UF, USC and Tenn. I would really prefer to play Kentucky or Vandy every year.
I'm not a big fan of this decision, but I'm not surprised either. I would have preferred them make it a requirement to play two Pwr 4 teams outside of the conference. We were supposed to play UCLA this year, and I'd much rather see them play someone like that than another SEC team. Scheduling a team like that has its difficulties, but it could be done. I think a good record against other conferences would do a lot more for good SOS numbers at least give an honest view of comparative strength. I think our third "rival" game will be Tenn, but could be USC as Tenn likely has Bama, Vandy and UF (or KY). Someone's got to have the Ky's, vandy's, Ark's, MS St's of the league.
Of course it is. Follow the money and you will find the guilty.
Well done Sankey, you wilted to the Big10 whining and just built a circular firing squad.
I definitely share the concern about greed (and fear) governing decisions being made that will ultimately prove detrimental to the game and everything surrounding it that we love. But I don't know that moving to a 9-game conference schedule fits into the category of being ruinous. Yes, I assume it will generate more revenue, but from a fan's perspective it replaces (for the most part) a cupcake game with a conference opponent. Isn't that a win-win?