The SEC launched its entire 2020 football schedule Monday night, with Alabama and Georgia squaring off on Oct. 17 in Bryant-Denny Stadium, marking the first regular-season matchup between the Crimson Tide and Dawgs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, considering that Nick Sabans very first season as Alabama coach in 2007.
Other highlights include Alabama and protecting national champion LSU conference on Nov. 14 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both groups have an open date the week previously. LSU hasnt beaten Alabama at Tiger Stadium considering that 2010.
2 RelatedNothing will come simple for Mike Leach in his very first season as an SEC head coach. Mississippi State deals with a grueling four-week stretch that begins with Alabama on the roadway on Oct. 31 and ends with a roadway video game versus Georgia on Nov. 21.
The week before traveling to Georgia, Mississippi State deals with Auburn at house. Kentucky faces among the harder back-to-back roadway extends with trips to Alabama on Nov. 21 and to Florida on Nov. 28.
The month of October could get testy for Will Muschamp and South Carolina. The Gamecocks play 3 teams ranked in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, including road video games against No. 8 Florida on Oct. 3 and No. 5 LSU on Oct. 24. They face No. 11 Auburn in your home on Oct. 17.
Arkansas, which has lost 19 straight SEC games, faces a complicated close to the season under first-year coach Sam Pittman. The Hogs have 6 games in six weeks, including roadway video games against Texas A&M on Oct. 31 and Florida on Nov. 14 and house video games versus LSU on Nov. 21 and Alabama on Dec. 5.
Florida and Tennessee, teams who have generally met in September, wont play until the final week of the season on Dec. 5 when the Gators travel to Neyland Stadium. The Iron Bowl meeting in between Alabama and Auburn will remain in its normal Thanksgiving weekend slot on Nov. 28.
Lane Kiffin, in his very first season as Ole Miss coach, takes on against his old boss Nick Saban when Alabama gos to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Oct. 10 to take on the Rebels.
The SEC revealed the opening-week slate earlier Monday and will play a 10-game, league-only schedule this season.
The league announced previously this month 2 additional opponents for each group to accompany the existing eight league opponents. The 2 extra opponents were and were cross-divisional opponents picked, according to a declaration from SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, to “develop a schedule that is as competitive as possible and builds on the existing eight conference video games that had currently been set up for 2020.”
Heres a team-by-team breakdown of the 2020 SEC schedule:
ALABAMA
Sept. 26: at Missouri
Oct. 3: vs. Texas A&M.
Oct. 17: vs. Georgia. Oct. 31: vs. Mississippi State.
Nov. 14: at LSU.
Nov. 21: vs. Kentucky. Nov. 28: vs. Auburn.
Dec. 5: at Arkansas.
ARKANSAS. Sept. 26: vs. Georgia.
Oct. 3: at Mississippi State. Oct. 10: at Auburn.
Oct. 17: vs. Ole Miss.
Oct. 24: Bye.
Oct. 31: at Texas A&M.
Nov. 7: vs. Tennessee
. Nov. 14: at Florida.
Nov. 21: vs. LSU.
Nov. 28: at Missouri
. Dec. 5: vs. Alabama.
AUBURN. Sept. 26: vs. Kentucky.
Oct. 3: at Georgia.
Oct. 10: vs. Arkansas. Oct. 17: at South Carolina.
Oct. 24: at Ole Miss.
Oct. 31: vs. LSU.
Nov. 7: Bye.
Nov. 14: at Mississippi State. Nov. 21: vs. Tennessee. Nov. 28: at Alabama.
Dec. 5: vs. Texas. FLORIDA. Sept. 26: at Ole Miss. Oct. 3: vs. South Carolina.
Oct. 10: at Texas A&M.
Oct. 17: vs. LSU.
Oct. 24: vs. Missouri.
Oct. 31: Bye.
Nov. 7: vs. Georgia( Jacksonville, Florida).
Nov. 14: vs. Arkansas.
Nov. 21: at Vanderbilt. Nov. 28: vs. Kentucky. Dec. 5: at Tennessee.
GEORGIA. Sept. 26: at Arkansas. Oct. 3: vs. Auburn.
Oct. 10: vs. Tennessee.
Oct. 17: at Alabama.
Oct. 24: at Kentucky. Oct. 31: Bye.
Nov. 7: vs. Florida (Jacksonville).
Nov. 14: at Missouri.
Nov. 21: vs. Mississippi State.
Nov. 28: at South Carolina
. Dec. 5: vs. Vanderbilt.
KENTUCKY. Sept. 26: at Auburn.
Oct.
3: vs. Ole Miss.
Oct. 10: vs. Mississippi State. Oct. 17: at Tennessee. Oct. 24: vs. Kentucky.
Oct. 31: at Missouri. Nov. 7: Bye.
Nov. 14: vs. Vanderbilt. Nov. 21: at Alabama.
Nov. 28: at Florida.
Dec. 5: vs. South Carolina. LSU.
Sept. 26: vs. Mississippi State.
Oct. 3: at Vanderbilt.
Oct. 10: vs. Missouri.
Oct. 17: at Florida.
Oct. 24: vs. South Carolina.
Oct. 31: at Auburn.
Nov. 7: Bye.
Nov. 14: vs. Alabama.
Nov. 21: at Arkansas.
Nov. 28: at Texas A&M. Dec. 5: vs. Ole Miss.
MISSISSIPPI STATE. Sept. 26: at LSU.
Oct. 3: vs. Arkansas.
Oct. 10: at Kentucky.
Oct. 17: vs. Texas A&M.
Oct. 24: Bye.
Oct. 31: at Alabama.
Nov. 7: vs. Vanderbilt. Nov. 14: vs. Auburn. Nov. 21: at Georgia. Nov. 28: at Ole Miss. Dec. 5: vs. Missouri. MISSOURI. Sept. 26: vs. Alabama. Oct. 3: at Tennessee.
Oct. 10: at LSU.
Oct. 17: vs. Vanderbilt.
Oct. 24: at Florida.
Oct. 31: vs. Kentucky.
Nov. 7: Bye.
Nov. 14: vs. Georgia.
Nov. 21: at South Carolina. Nov. 28: vs. Arkansas.
Dec. 5: at Mississippi State. OLE MISS.
Sept. 26: vs. Florida.
Oct. 3: at Kentucky.
Oct. 10: vs. Alabama.
Oct. 17: at Arkansas.
Oct. 24: vs. Auburn.
Oct. 31: at Vanderbilt.
Nov. 7: Bye.
Nov. 14: vs. South Carolina. Nov. 21: at Texas A&M.
The Gamecocks play three groups ranked in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, consisting of road games against No. 8 Florida on Oct. 3 and No. 5 LSU on Oct. 24. Oct. 17: vs. Georgia. Oct. 31: vs. Mississippi State. Oct. 17: vs. Auburn
. Oct. 24: vs. Alabama.
Nov. 28: vs. Mississippi
State. Dec. 5: at
LSU.
SOUTH CAROLINA. Sept. 26: vs. Tennessee. Oct. 3: at Florida.
Oct. 10: at Vanderbilt. Oct. 17: vs. Auburn
. Oct. 24: at LSU.
Oct. 31: Bye.
Nov. 7: vs. Texas A&M.
Nov. 14: at Ole Miss
. Nov. 21: vs. Missouri.
Nov. 28: vs. Georgia&.
Dec. 5: at Kentucky. TENNESSEE. Sept. 26: at South Carolina.
Oct. 3: vs. Missouri.
Oct. 17: vs. Kentucky. Oct. 24: vs. Alabama.
Nov. 7: at Arkansas.
Nov. 14: vs. Texas A&M.
Nov. 21: at Auburn. Nov. 28: at Vanderbilt.
Dec. 5: vs. Florida.
TEXAS A&M. Sept. 26: vs. Vanderbilt. Oct. 3: at Alabama. Oct. 10: vs. Florida. Oct. 17: at Mississippi State. Oct. 24: Bye. Oct. 31: vs. Arkansas. Nov. 7: at South Carolina. Nov. 14: at Tennessee. Nov. 21: vs. Ole Miss. Nov. 28: vs. LSU. Dec. 5: at Auburn. VANDERBILT. Sept. 26: at Texas A&M. Oct. 3: vs. LSU. Oct. 10: vs. South Carolina. Oct. 17: at Missouri. Oct. 24: Bye. Oct. 31: vs. Ole Miss. Nov. 7: at Mississippi State. Nov. 14: at Kentucky. Nov. 21: vs. Florida. Nov. 28: vs. Tennessee. Dec. 5: at Georgia.
