Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Writer 8d

SEC sets conference opponents for 2025 football season

The SEC will continue to play eight conference games in 2025, plus one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent, the league announced 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 is similar to what fans will see this fall. Schools will play the same opponents they are scheduled to face this year, with sites changed for equal home and away games over the course of the two seasons.

"We continue to monitor changes across college sports as they relate to future scheduling," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a prepared statement. "Continuing with our current format for the 2025 season provides additional time to understand the impact of the changes happening around us as we determine the appropriate long-term plan for SEC football scheduling."

The 2025 season will be the second 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 eliminated divisional standings beginning this fall.

The SEC presidents and chancellors approved the 2025 schedule last week following a recommendation from the league's athletic directors. The 2025 opponents and sites are as follows:

  • Alabama will play LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Vanderbilt at home, and will travel to Auburn, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina.

  • Arkansas will face Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri and Texas A&M at home, and will travel to LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas.

  • Auburn will host Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri, and will travel to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.

  • Florida will face 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 against Florida, along with 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 travel 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 rival Texas in Dallas.

  • South Carolina will host Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, and will travel 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.

The full schedule of dates of games for the 2025 season will be announced later.

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