The 2020 SEC football schedule was released on Monday with teams beginning play on September 26. The hope for each of the SEC schools is that they can manage the coronavirus and keep their players relatively healthy. Whether that is possible or not is still a huge question mark. If things go as planned the 2020 SEC football schedule will be very exciting, as Alabama will host Georgia on October 17th in the first regular season meeting between the teams in Tuscaloosa since 2007. New Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin will face his former boss Nick Saban and Alabama on October 10th. The biggest game of the season has defending national champion LSU hosting Alabama on November 14th.
Schedule Flexibility
Because of the potential for COVID-19 outbreaks among teams, the SEC put in some flexibility to the schedule. Every team will have a bye week and there will also be another break, as no teams will play on December 12th. That gives the conference two weeks to reschedule any games that were postponed. Each team will play 10 conference games and unlike the ACC and Big 12, there will be no non-conference games for SEC teams this season. The season begins on September 26th with all 14 teams in action. While the schedule was changed a lot, there will still be the annual Alabama-Auburn and Mississippi-Mississippi State games on Thanksgiving weekend. The SEC Championship game is scheduled for December 19th in Atlanta.
Tough Sledding
New Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach may wish he stayed with Washington State. His Bulldogs face a brutal schedule including a four-week stretch that has them playing at Alabama, home against Auburn and at Georgia. Kentucky will also face a difficult schedule, as they have a brutal road trip in late November that has them going to Alabama and Florida. The early season schedule for South Carolina is tough as they have to play Florida, LSU and Auburn. And don’t forget about Arkansas, as the Razorbacks have lost 19 straight SEC games. They better get that first win quickly under new head coach Sam Pittman because they close out the season with six games in six weeks including matchups against Texas A&M, Florida, LSU and Alabama.
2020 SEC Football Schedule
Saturday, September 26
Alabama at Missouri
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Arkansas
Kentucky at Auburn
Mississippi State at LSU
Tennessee at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Texas A&M
Saturday, October 3
Texas A&M at Alabama
Arkansas at Mississippi State
Auburn at Georgia
South Carolina at Florida
Ole Miss at Kentucky
LSU at Vanderbilt
Missouri at Tennessee
Saturday, October 10
Alabama at Ole Miss
Arkansas at Auburn
Tennessee at Georgia
Florida at Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Kentucky
Missouri at LSU
South Carolina at Vanderbilt
Saturday, October 17
Georgia at Alabama
Ole Miss at Arkansas
Auburn at South Carolina
LSU at Florida
Kentucky at Tennessee
Texas A&M at Mississippi State
Vanderbilt at Missouri
Saturday, October 24
Alabama at Tennessee
Auburn at Ole Miss
Missouri at Florida
Georgia at Kentucky
South Carolina at LSU
Byes: Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Arkansas
Saturday, October 31
Mississippi State at Alabama
Arkansas at Texas A&M
LSU at Auburn
Kentucky at Missouri
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Byes: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee
Saturday, November 7
Tennessee at Arkansas
Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, FL)
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
Texas A&M at South Carolina
Byes: Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Missouri
Saturday, November 14
Alabama at LSU
Arkansas at Florida
Auburn at Mississippi State
Georgia at Missouri
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
South Carolina at Ole Miss
Texas A&M at Tennessee
Saturday, November 21
Kentucky at Alabama
LSU at Arkansas
Tennessee at Auburn
Florida at Vanderbilt
Mississippi State at Georgia
Ole Miss at Texas A&M
Missouri at South Carolina
Saturday, November 28
Auburn at Alabama
Arkansas at Missouri
Kentucky at Florida
Georgia at South Carolina
LSU at Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Ole Miss
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Saturday, December 5
Alabama at Arkansas
Texas A&M at Auburn
Florida at Tennessee
Vanderbilt at Georgia
South Carolina at Kentucky
Ole Miss at LSU
Missouri at Mississippi State
Saturday, December 19
SEC Championship Game – Atlanta, Georgia
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