SEC adopts 9-game conference schedule
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'There are multiple chickens and plenty of eggs': SEC commissioner addresses new schedule
As the SEC expands to nine-game schedule in 2026, Greg Sankey tells Paul Finebaum it aligns with new playoff criteria and strength-of-schedule focus.
Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson believes the SEC's move to nine conference games will help further discussions around the College Football Playoff format.
The SEC will implement a nine-game conference schedule for college football starting with the 2026 season, the conference announced Thursday.
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Arizona State football and head coach Kenny Dillingham are attempting to make a foray into regular national relevance after impressing the nation in a narrow Peach Bowl loss to national powehouse Texas earlier this year.
SEC athletic directors adopted a nine-game conference football schedule starting with the 2026-27 season, the league announced Thursday. The development comes as the CFP is set to implement new metrics in 2025 that place greater emphasis on strength of schedule,
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Pair of LSU football defenders earn preseason All-SEC honors from SEC coaches
Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins represented LSU's defense on the preseason All-SEC Coaches' team. They landed on the first and second team, respectively. Both return to Baton Rouge after recovering from injuries. Perkins went down in week four, while Weeks was carted off the field during the second quarter of LSU's bowl game against Baylor.
SEC set to add ninth conference football game in 2026. LSU has two non-conference games already scheduled in 2026 against Clemson and McNeese State. It will need to add one more opponent to fill out its schedule.
UF’s matchups with UCF in ’30 and ’33 should continue as planned, even as the SEC’s move to nine regular-season games in 2026.
The SEC is finally, mercifully, moving to nine conference games. In the conclusion of a debate that has raged for years and yet somehow felt even longer, the SEC will move to a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2026.
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