The SEC released its entire 2020 football schedule Monday night, with Alabama and Georgia squared off on October 17 at Bryant-Denny Stadium, marking the first regular-season matchup between the Crimson Tide and Dawgs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, since Nick Saban’s first season as a coach in Alabama in 2007.
Other highlights include Alabama and defending national champion LSU meeting on Nov. 14 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both teams have an open date a week earlier. LSU has not beaten Alabama at Tiger Stadium since 2010.
Nothing will come easy for Mike Leach in his first season as SEC head coach. Mississippi State faces a gruesome four-week stretch that begins with Alabama on the road on Oct. 31 and ends with a road game against Georgia on Nov. 21.
The week before they travel to Georgia, Mississippi State takes on Auburn at home. Kentucky is set for one of the most expensive back-to-back road trips with trips to Alabama on Nov. 21 and to Florida on Nov. 28.
The month of October could testify for Will Muschamp and South Carolina. The Gamecocks play three-team rankings in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, including road games against No. 8 Florida on October 3 and no. 5 LSU on October 24th. They stand at no. 11 Auburn home on October 17th.
Arkansas, which has lost 19 straight SEC games, is sitting a daunting close to the season under first-year coach Sam Pittman. The Hogs have six games in six weeks, including road games against Texas A&M on Oct. 31 and Florida on Nov. 14 and home games against LSU on Nov. 21 and Alabama on Dec. 5.
Florida and Tennessee, teams that traditionally met in September, will not play until the final week of the season on Dec. 5, when the Gators travel to Neyland Stadium. The Iron Bowl meeting between Alabama and Auburn will continue in their regular slot Thanksgiving weekend on Nov. 28.
Lane Kiffin, in his first season as Ole Miss’ coach, fights his old boss Nick Saban when Alabama visits Vched-Hemingway Stadium on October 10 to take on the Rebels.
The SEC announced the opening week earlier Monday and will play a 10-game, league-only game this season.
The league announced earlier this month two additional opponents for each team to go along with the existing eight league phones. The two additional opponents were enemies over distribution and were selected, according to a statement from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, to “create a scheme that is as competitive as possible and builds on the existing eight conference games that were already in place by 2020. plan. “
Here is a team-by-team breakdown of the 2020 Schedule 2020:
ALABAMA
Sept. 26: In Missouri
October 3: Vs. Texas A&M
October 10: by Ole Miss
Oct 17: Against Georgia
October 24: in Tennessee
Oct 31: Vs. Mississippi State
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov. 14: By LSU
Nov 21: Vs. Kentucky
Nov 28: Vs. Auburn
Dec. 5: In Arkansas
ARKANSAS
Sept. 26: Vs. Georgia
October 3: in Mississippi State
October 10: in Auburn
Oct 17: Vs. Ole Miss
Oct 24: Bye
October 31: by Texas A&M
Nov. 7: Vs. Tennessee
Nov. 14: In Florida
Nov 21: Vs. LSU
Nov. 28: In Missouri
Dec. 5: Vs. Alabama
AUBURN
Sept. 26: Vs. Kentucky
Oct. 3: In Georgia
Oct. 10: Against Arkansas
October 17: In South Carolina
Oct 24: by Ole Miss
Oct 31: Vs. LSU
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov. 14: In Mississippi State
Nov 21: Vs. Tennessee
Nov. 28: In Alabama
Dec. 5: Against Texas
FLORIDA
Sept. 26: By Ole Miss
Oct. 3: Against South Carolina
October 10: by Texas A&M
Oct 17: Vs. LSU
Oct. 24: Against Missouri
Oct 31: Bye
Nov. 7: Vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida)
Nov 14: Vs. Arkansas
November 21: at Vanderbilt
Nov 28: Vs. Kentucky
Dec. 5: In Tennessee
GEORGIA
Sept. 26: In Arkansas
October 3: Vs. Auburn
October 10: vs. Tennessee
October 17: in Alabama
October 24: in Kentucky
Oct 31: Bye
Nov. 7: Vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Nov. 14: In Missouri
Nov 21: Vs. Mississippi State
Nov. 28: In South Carolina
Dec 5: Vanderbilt
KENTUCKY
Sept. 26: In Auburn
October 3: Vs. Ole Miss
October 10: Vs. Mississippi State
October 17: in Tennessee
Oct. 24: vs. Kentucky
October 31: in Missouri
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov 14: Vs. Vanderbilt
Nov. 21: In Alabama
Nov. 28: In Florida
Dec. 5: Vs. South Carolina
LSU
Sept. 26: Vs. Mississippi State
October 3: at Vanderbilt
October 10: Against Missouri
October 17: in Florida
Oct 24: Vs. South Carolina
October 31: in Auburn
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov 14: Vs. Alabama
November 21: in Arkansas
Nov. 28: at Texas A&M
Dec. 5: Vs. Ole Miss
MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sept. 26: By LSU
October 3: Against Arkansas
October 10: in Kentucky
Oct 17: Vs. Texas A&M
Oct 24: Bye
October 31: in Alabama
Nov. 7: Vs. Vanderbilt
Nov 14: Vs. Auburn
November 21: in Georgia
Nov 28: By Ole Miss
Dec. 5: Vs. Missouri
MISSOURI
Sept. 26: Vs. Alabama
October 3: in Tennessee
October 10: at LSU
Oct 17: Vs. Vanderbilt
October 24: in Florida
Oct. 31: vs. Kentucky
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov 14: Vs. Georgia
November 21: In South Carolina
Nov 28: Vs. Arkansas
Dec. 5: In Mississippi State
OLE MISS
Sept. 26: Vs. Florida
October 3: in Kentucky
October 10: Vs. Alabama
October 17: in Arkansas
Oct 24: Vs. Auburn
October 31: at Vanderbilt
Nov. 7: Bye
Nov 14: Vs. South Carolina
November 21: at Texas A&M
Nov 28: Vs. Mississippi State
Dec 5: By LSU
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 26: Vs. Tennessee
October 3: in Florida
October 10: at Vanderbilt
Oct 17: Vs. Auburn
October 24: at LSU
Oct 31: Bye
Nov. 7: Vs. Texas A&M
Nov. 14: By Ole Miss
Nov 21: Vs. Missouri
Nov 28: Vs. Georgia
Dec. 5: In Kentucky
TENNESSEE
Sept. 26: In South Carolina
October 3: Against Missouri
October 10: in Georgia
Oct. 17: vs. Kentucky
Oct 24: Vs. Alabama
Oct 31: Bye
Nov. 7: In Arkansas
Nov 14: Vs. Texas A&M
November 21: in Auburn
November 28: at Vanderbilt
Dec. 5: Vs. Florida
TEXAS A&M
Sept. 26: Vs. Vanderbilt
October 3: in Alabama
Oct. 10: Against Florida
Oct. 17: in Mississippi State
Oct 24: Bye
Oct. 31: Against Arkansas
Nov. 7: In South Carolina
November 14: in Tennessee
Nov 21: Vs. Ole Miss
Nov 28: Vs. LSU
Dec. 5: By Auburn
WALKING
Sept. 26: By Texas A&M
Oct 3: Vs. LSU
Oct 10: Vs. South Carolina
October 17: in Missouri
Oct 24: Bye
October 31: Vs. Ole Miss
Nov. 7: In Mississippi State
November 14: in Kentucky
Nov 21: Vs. Florida
Nov 28: Vs. Tennessee
Dec. 5: In Georgia
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