The Gators’ annual SEC opponents will be Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky through the 2029 season.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference (SEC) announced the opponents and sites for Florida’s conference games for the 2026-29 seasons on Tuesday.
The SEC announced in August it would play a nine-game conference schedule starting with the 2026 season. In the new format, each SEC school will play every other SEC school at least once every two years, and every opponent home and away over four years, making it the most fair and balanced schedule in the history of the Conference.
Under the new format, each school will play three annual opponents focused on maintaining many traditional rivalries and each team’s remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools. The SEC will continue with a single-standings, non-divisional structure. Florida’s annual opponents through the 2029 season will be Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky.
2026 SEC Opponents
Home – South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma
Away – Kentucky, Auburn, Missouri, Texas
Neutral – Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.)
2027 SEC Opponents
Home – Kentucky, Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M
Away – South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Neutral – Georgia (Tampa, Fla.)
2028 SEC Opponents
Home – South Carolina, Auburn, Missouri, Texas
Away – Kentucky, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma
Neutral – Georgia (Jacksonville, Fla.)
2029 SEC Opponents
Home – Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Away – South Carolina, Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M
Neutral – Georgia (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Annual opponents were determined with consideration given to traditional rivalries, competitive fairness, geography and alignment with existing non-conference home/away commitments. Annual opponents will be evaluated after each four-year cycle to maintain continued competitive balance.
The remaining six conference games come from a rotating pool of the other conference teams. The rotating schedule is designed so that a team will play every other conference opponent at least once every two years and twice (once at home and once away) over a four-year period.
To meet the scheduling priorities established by the conference and its members, the 2026 conference schedule includes cases where schools play at the same venue in back-to-back years. This has occurred in the past when the SEC has changed football scheduling formats.
In addition to the conference opponents, SEC teams are required to schedule at least one additional high quality non-conference opponent from the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten or Big 12 conferences or Notre Dame each season.
The complete 2026 SEC Football Schedule to include dates of games will be announced later this year.
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