Pushing full steam ahead for fall college football, the SEC released its entire 2020 football schedule Monday night.
A marquee matchup will occur on Oct. 17 when Alabama squares off against Georgia in Bryant-Denny Stadium. This will mark the first regular-season matchup between the Crimson Tide and Dawgs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, since Nick Saban’s first season as Alabama’s coach 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 the week before. LSU hasn’t beaten Alabama in Tiger Stadium since 2010.
Nothing will come easy for Mike Leach in his first season as an SEC head coach. Mississippi State faces a grueling four-week stretch that starts with Alabama on the road on Oct. 31 and ends with a road game against Georgia on Nov. 21.
The week before traveling to Georgia, Mississippi State faces Auburn at home. Kentucky faces one of the tougher back-to-back road stretches with trips to Alabama on Nov. 21 and to Florida on Nov. 28.
The month of October could get testy for Will Muschamp and South Carolina. The Gamecocks play three teams ranked in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, including road games against No. 8 Florida on Oct. 3 and No. 5 LSU on Oct. 24. They face No. 11 Auburn at home on Oct. 17.
Arkansas, which has lost 19 straight SEC games, faces 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, who have traditionally met in September, won’t play until the final week of the season on Dec. 5 when the Gators travel to Neyland Stadium. The Iron Bowl clash between Alabama and Auburn will remain in its usual Thanksgiving weekend slot on Nov. 28.
Lane Kiffin, in his first season as Ole Miss’ coach, faces off against his old boss Nick Saban when Alabama visits Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Oct. 10 to take on the Rebels.
The SEC announced the opening-week schedule earlier Monday and will play a 10-game, league-only schedule this season.
The league announced earlier this month two additional opponents for each team to go along with the existing eight league foes. The two additional opponents were cross-divisional foes and selected, according to a statement from SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, to “create a schedule that is as competitive as possible and builds on the existing eight conference games that had already been scheduled for 2020.”
Here’s a team-by-team breakdown of the 2020 SEC schedule:
ALABAMA
- Sept. 26: at Missouri
- Oct. 3: vs. Texas A&M
- Oct. 10: at Ole Miss
- Oct. 17: vs. Georgia
- Oct. 24: at Tennessee
- Oct. 31: vs. Mississippi State
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: at LSU
- Nov. 21: vs. Kentucky
- Nov. 28: vs. Auburn
- Dec. 5: at Arkansas
ARKANSAS
- Sept. 26: vs. Georgia
- Oct. 3: at Mississippi State
- Oct. 10: at Auburn
- Oct. 17: vs. Ole Miss
- Oct. 24: Bye
- Oct. 31: at Texas A&M
- Nov. 7: vs. Tennessee
- Nov. 14: at Florida
- Nov. 21: vs. LSU
- Nov. 28: at Missouri
- Dec. 5: vs. Alabama
AUBURN
- Sept. 26: vs. Kentucky
- Oct. 3: at Georgia
- Oct. 10: vs. Arkansas
- Oct. 17: at South Carolina
- Oct. 24: at Ole Miss
- Oct. 31: vs. LSU
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: at Mississippi State
- Nov. 21: vs. Tennessee
- Nov. 28: at Alabama
- Dec. 5: vs. Texas
FLORIDA
- Sept. 26: at Ole Miss
- Oct. 3: vs. South Carolina
- Oct. 10: at Texas A&M
- Oct. 17: vs. LSU
- Oct. 24: vs. Missouri
- Oct. 31: Bye
- Nov. 7: vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida)
- Nov. 14: vs. Arkansas
- Nov. 21: at Vanderbilt
- Nov. 28: vs. Kentucky
- Dec. 5: at Tennessee
GEORGIA
- Sept. 26: at Arkansas
- Oct. 3: vs. Auburn
- Oct. 10: vs. Tennessee
- Oct. 17: at Alabama
- Oct. 24: at Kentucky
- Oct. 31: Bye
- Nov. 7: vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
- Nov. 14: at Missouri
- Nov. 21: vs. Mississippi State
- Nov. 28: at South Carolina
- Dec. 5: vs. Vanderbilt
KENTUCKY
- Sept. 26: at Auburn
- Oct. 3: vs. Ole Miss
- Oct. 10: vs. Mississippi State
- Oct. 17: at Tennessee
- Oct. 24: vs. Kentucky
- Oct. 31: at Missouri
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: vs. Vanderbilt
- Nov. 21: at Alabama
- Nov. 28: at Florida
- Dec. 5: vs. South Carolina
LSU
- Sept. 26: vs. Mississippi State
- Oct. 3: at Vanderbilt
- Oct. 10: vs. Missouri
- Oct. 17: at Florida
- Oct. 24: vs. South Carolina
- Oct. 31: at Auburn
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: vs. Alabama
- Nov. 21: at Arkansas
- Nov. 28: at Texas A&M
- Dec. 5: vs. Ole Miss
MISSISSIPPI STATE
- Sept. 26: at LSU
- Oct. 3: vs. Arkansas
- Oct. 10: at Kentucky
- Oct. 17: vs. Texas A&M
- Oct. 24: Bye
- Oct. 31: at Alabama
- Nov. 7: vs. Vanderbilt
- Nov. 14: vs. Auburn
- Nov. 21: at Georgia
- Nov. 28: at Ole Miss
- Dec. 5: vs. Missouri
MISSOURI
- Sept. 26: vs. Alabama
- Oct. 3: at Tennessee
- Oct. 10: at LSU
- Oct. 17: vs. Vanderbilt
- Oct. 24: at Florida
- Oct. 31: vs. Kentucky
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: vs. Georgia
- Nov. 21: at South Carolina
- Nov. 28: vs. Arkansas
- Dec. 5: at Mississippi State
OLE MISS
- Sept. 26: vs. Florida
- Oct. 3: at Kentucky
- Oct. 10: vs. Alabama
- Oct. 17: at Arkansas
- Oct. 24: vs. Auburn
- Oct. 31: at Vanderbilt
- Nov. 7: Bye
- Nov. 14: vs. South Carolina
- Nov. 21: at Texas A&M
- Nov. 28: vs. Mississippi State
- Dec. 5: at LSU
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Sept. 26: vs. Tennessee
- Oct. 3: at Florida
- Oct. 10: at Vanderbilt
- Oct. 17: vs. Auburn
- Oct. 24: at LSU
- Oct. 31: Bye
- Nov. 7: vs. Texas A&M
- Nov. 14: at Ole Miss
- Nov. 21: vs. Missouri
- Nov. 28: vs. Georgia
- Dec. 5: at Kentucky
TENNESSEE
- Sept. 26: at South Carolina
- Oct. 3: vs. Missouri
- Oct. 10: at Georgia
- Oct. 17: vs. Kentucky
- Oct. 24: vs. Alabama
- Oct. 31: Bye
- Nov. 7: at Arkansas
- Nov. 14: vs. Texas A&M
- Nov. 21: at Auburn
- Nov. 28: at Vanderbilt
- Dec. 5: vs. Florida
TEXAS A&M
- Sept. 26: vs. Vanderbilt
- Oct. 3: at Alabama
- Oct. 10: vs. Florida
- Oct. 17: at Mississippi State
- Oct. 24: Bye
- Oct. 31: vs. Arkansas
- Nov. 7: at South Carolina
- Nov. 14: at Tennessee
- Nov. 21: vs. Ole Miss
- Nov. 28: vs. LSU
- Dec. 5: at Auburn
VANDERBILT
- Sept. 26: at Texas A&M
- Oct. 3: vs. LSU
- Oct. 10: vs. South Carolina
- Oct. 17: at Missouri
- Oct. 24: Bye
- Oct. 31: vs. Ole Miss
- Nov. 7: at Mississippi State
- Nov. 14: at Kentucky
- Nov. 21: vs. Florida
- Nov. 28: vs. Tennessee
- Dec. 5: at Georgia