It just means more in theSoutheastern Conference. On Tuesday, the SEC officially announced the matchups and pairings for each member with thenewly updated nine-game conference schedulethrough the 2029 season, including who will be each program's three protected annual rivalry games. REQUIRED READING:It just means more? Maybe not as SEC goes soft, dumps heavyweight football rivalries The SECannounced in Augustthat it was moving to a nine-game conference schedule starting next season, a decision that put them in line with the Big Ten and Big 12 and laterhad the ACC follow suit. Each SEC program will have three permanent rivals and six rotating opponents for the next four years, after which the SEC will revisit the schedule pairings and make potential changes to the three annual rivalry games. Here's what to know about the SEC's schedule release through the 2028 college football season: The SEC officially announced Tuesday the pairings of the three teams that each SEC team will face annually through 2029. The annual opponents for each team weredetermined with the following factors, according to the SEC:traditional rivalries, competitive fairness, geography and alignment with non-Conference home and away commitments. Here's the pairings for each SEC team: Alabama:Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee Arkansas: LSU, Missouri, Texas Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt Florida: Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina Georgia:Auburn, Florida, South Carolina Kentucky:Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee LSU: Arkansas,Ole Miss, Texas A&M Mississippi: LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma Mississippi State: Alabama, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt Missouri:Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M Oklahoma: Ole Miss, Missouri, Texas South Carolina:Florida, Georgia, Kentucky Tennessee: Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt Texas: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M Texas A&M:LSU, Missouri, Texas Vanderbilt: Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee REQUIRED READING:Florida, Tennessee lead SEC rivalry game schedule winners and losers 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐘@AlabamaFTBL🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/n4ngWNKyph — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐗@RazorbackFB🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/7MoBYV5PqN — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐅@AuburnFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/LFj2rAt2BN — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐊@GatorsFB🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/7FTwlaFmBv — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐶@GeorgiaFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/MnRe505nd1 — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29😸@UKFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/Ye0dLhxYFL — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐅@LSUfootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/k2NdkWti8w — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐶@HailStateFB🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/CH77w4d3hz — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐅@MizzouFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/yatibYf3Hq — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29☝️@OU_Football🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/9RUBmzNlpt — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🔵@OleMissFB🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/nA5y2jkwXf — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🐔@GamecockFB🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/WvE2of44Ek — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🟧@Vol_Football🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/9HNmJgue7S — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 Here is Texas A&M's SEC schedule through the 2029 season: 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29👍@AggieFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8nTYpic.twitter.com/K12Dn2kpQJ — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29🤘@TexasFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/H1iCQ0CEN7 — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 Here is Vanderbilt's SEC schedule through the 2029 season: 🏈#SECFBOpponents Reveal '26-29⚓️@VandyFootball🗞️https://t.co/XzpQ0G8VJwpic.twitter.com/apogU0JlIv — Southeastern Conference (@SEC)September 23, 2025 On top of the three annual opponents that each SEC will play, the remaining six conference games each season will be comprised of a rotating schedule among the remaining conference schools. In other words, each team will face the remaining 12 teams in the conference once in a two-year span. Over a four-year span, every team will host and visit every SEC stadium (except in the case of neutral-site rivalries). Additionally, another key component in the SEC's nine-game schedule is that each SEC team must annually schedule at least one additional high-quality non-conference game from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference or Notre Dame. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:SEC announces 9-game football schedule pairings for 2026-29
