![SEC football schedule: Opponents set for eight-game model in 2024 season with Texas, Oklahoma joining league SEC football schedule: Opponents set for eight-game model in 2024 season with Texas, Oklahoma joining league](https://trangangolf.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/23150242/412962084_779100577563268_3371857793184435682_n.jpg)
Opponents and locations were revealed for each SEC team on Wednesday night as the league gave a glimpse into what the 2024 schedule will look like with Texas and Oklahoma joining the league next year. The conference previously announced on June 1 that it will be implementing an eight-game scheduling model which will serve as a one-year placeholder as the league debates future scheduling plans with the Longhorns and Sooners pushing the league to 16 teams.
No specific dates were given for the matchups; those will be released in the future. Among the marquee matchups on the slate for the newcomers in 2024 include Texas hosting Georgia while hitting the road to renew its historic rivalry with Texas A&M for the first time since the 2011 season. Oklahoma, meanwhile, is set to play the likes of Alabama and Tennessee at home and will travel to road dates at LSU and Ole Miss.
In addition to eight conference games, each SEC team will play one opponent from either the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or a major independent starting in 2024. Some SEC programs have already unveiled nonconference games for 2024 that satisfy the requirement.
Beginning with the 2024 campaign, the SEC Championship Game will feature the top two teams in the overall league standings rather than the top team from each division with the East and West groupings being eliminated after the 2023 season. The aim with the SEC’s single-standings format is to have every school play one another at least twice in a four-year span.
Here’s a look at the criteria that went into selecting 2024 opponents.
- Home and away designations in 2024 were built with the provision that no school will travel to the same location to which it traveled in 2023. The opponents were determined based on two primary factors: traditional opponents and balance of schedule strength.
- Balance of schedule strength was based on each school’s conference winning percentage since the SEC last expanded in 2012. The winning percentages for the performance of Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12 since 2012 were included in determining 16 positions ranked by winning percentage.
- Each school’s schedule will include four opponents – two home and two away – whose winning percentage ranked among the top eight conference winning percentages since 2012.
- Also, each school’s 2024 schedule will include four opponents – two home and two away – whose winning percentages ranked among the second eight conference winning percentages since 2012.
- While no school will travel to the same location to which it traveled in 2023, it should be noted that when a long-term schedule format is determined, it may not be possible to structure a schedule that does not include some schools playing at the same location in back-to-back years in the first year of a new format.
So let’s have a look now at the exciting matchups we’ll be treated to in the 2024 season as Texas and Oklahoma join the fold.
TeamHomeAwayNeutral
Alabama
Georgia, Auburn, Missouri, South Carolina
Tennessee, LSU, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Texas, Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU
Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri
Texas A&M (Arlington)
Auburn
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri
Florida
Texas A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, Kentucky
Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi State
Georgia (Jacksonville)
Georgia
Tennessee, Auburn, Mississippi State
Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Kentucky
Florida (Jacksonville)
Kentucky
Auburn, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina
Texas, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee
LSU
Alabama, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss
Texas A&M, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas
Mississippi State
Texas A&M, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri
Ole Miss, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas
Ole Miss
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Oklahoma
Arkansas, Florida, LSU, South Carolina
Missouri
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Auburn, Vanderbilt
Mississippi State, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee
Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri
Texas (Dallas)
South Carolina
LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, Texas A&M
Alabama, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama, Mississippi State, Florida, Kentucky
Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Texas
Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State
Texas A&M, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Oklahoma (Dallas)
Texas A&M
Texas, LSU, Missouri
Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State, South Carolina
Arkansas (Arlington)
Vanderbilt
Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri