SEC releases 2026 football schedule

The SEC has released the complete football schedule for all 16 schools for the 2026 season.

Starting with that season, each team will play nine conference games, up from eight. There will now be 72 SEC football games overall, leading up to the SEC Championship Game.

In addition, each school will continue to be required to schedule at least one opponent from the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12 conferences or Notre Dame each year.

Under the new format, each school will play three annual SEC opponents focused on maintaining many traditional rivalries. Each team’s remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools and each team will face every other SEC program outside its three permanent rivals at least once every two years and every opponent home and away in four years.

The top two teams in the league standings based on winning percentage will play in the 35th SEC Football Championship Game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, December 5, 2026.

Here are the schedules for Alabama and Auburn. Home games are in all-capital letters.

ALABAMA

Sept. 5 EAST CAROLINA
Sept. 12 at Kentucky
Sept. 19 FLORIDA STATE
Sept. 26 SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 3 at Mississippi State
Oct. 10 GEORGIA
Oct. 17 at Tennessee
Oct. 24 TEXAS A&M
Oct. 31 Open Date
Nov. 7 at LSU
Nov. 14 at Vanderbilt
Nov. 21 UT-CHATTANOOGA
Nov. 28 AUBURN

AUBURN

Sept. 5 vs. BAYLOR (Atlanta)
Sept. 12 SOUTHERN MISS
Sept. 19 FLORIDA
Sept. 26 VANDERBILT
Oct. 3 at Tennessee
Oct. 10 Open Date
Oct. 17 at Georgia
Oct. 24 LSU
Oct. 31 at Ole Miss
Nov. 7 ARKANSAS
Nov. 14 at Mississippi State
Nov. 21 SAMFORD
Nov. 28 at Alabama

CLICK HERE to see complete schedules for all 16 SEC teams.