BREAKING SEC Going to 9 Conference Games

[jthomas666]

SEC moves towards 9-game schedule amid College Football Playoff metrics shift in 2025

SEC athletic directors are moving closer to adopting a nine-game conference football schedule in the near future, according to multiple reports. The development

www.si.com

 

[BhamToTexas]

Time to drop big OOC games.

 

[colbysullivan]

SEC to implement nine-game conference football schedule in 2026 - Southeastern Conference

Nine SEC games plus an annual power opponent creates the strongest and most competitive schedule in college football.

www.secsports.com

Teams will play every team in the conference every two years. Home and away every four years.

This is a mistake. The commidiots don’t care about strength of schedule, and this just means we’ll eat each other even more.

 

[RammerJammer15]

Time to drop big OOC games.

SEC teams will be required to schedule a P4 opponent every year

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1958635253112668527

Our nonconf next is year is

@WVU
Florida State
USF

combined with a 9 game conference schedule that will feature LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, and I would imagine Ole Miss, Texas, Florida, or Texas A&M, our schedule next year gonna be rough

 

[jthomas666]

It was one of the Big10's demands for expanding the playoffs. Us going to 9 games means that the Big10 will likely get a couple more teams in.

 

[colbysullivan]

It was one of the Big10's demands for expanding the playoffs. Us going to 9 games means that the Big10 will likely get a couple more teams in.

Yep. Sankey caved.

 

[bamaga]

It was one of the Big10's demands for expanding the playoffs. Us going to 9 games means that the Big10 will likely get a couple more teams in.

I don’t think it was the B1G that forced this, this was discussed the first year of expansion, go back and look at those threads and pretty much all of ypus thought we would have a 9 game schedule. In fact we thought it would be a quad pod schedule.
In regards to the playoffs, I can see a demand by the SEC for guaranteed spots, which I disagree with.

 

[bamaga]

Mark it

The Sec Championship game is going away! Heard it here first

 

[bamadwain]

I believe the Big 10 caused this! Now our three permanent will be Auburn, Tennessee and probably LSU, could be Mississippi State but I doubt it, no money to be made, look at Tennessee for example, probably Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Alabama, as usual the hillbillies will get a break

 

[bamaga]

I believe the Big 10 caused this! Now our three permanent will be Auburn, Tennessee and probably LSU, could be Mississippi State but I doubt it, no money to be made, look at Tennessee for example, probably Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Alabama, as usual the hillbillies will get a break

Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee or LSU…bring it . LETS DO IT!

 

[JayBama_in_PCOLA]

Mark it

The Sec Championship game is going away! Heard it here first

Unfortunately, I think you’re right. It might as well as this point.

 

[Crimson1967]

Our third permanent should not be LSU. Is the barn getting Florida for their third rival?

 

[GP for Bama]

Bama's permanent opponents should be AU, TN, and Miss St.
If Bama gives in and accepts AU, TN and LSU ... we will have the toughest permanent opponents in the SEC.
AU, TN and LSU for Bama is MUCH tougher than KY, Vandy and Bama for Tennessee.

 

[BhamToTexas]

Our third will probably be Miss State.

I see LSU getting Ole Miss, TAMU, and Florida.

 

[BhamToTexas]

Not complete but initial thoughts…


Alabama - Auburn, Tennessee, Miss State
Arkansas - Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Auburn - Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
Florida - Georgia, LSU, Kentucky
Georgia - Florida, Auburn, South Carolina
Kentucky - Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt
LSU - Mississippi, Florida, Texas A&M
Mississippi - Miss State, Auburn
Miss State - Mississippi, Alabama
Missouri - Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas A&M
Oklahoma - Texas, Missouri, Arkansas
South Carolina - Georgia
Tennessee - Alabama, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
Texas - Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Arkansas
Texas A&M - Texas, LSU, Missouri
Vanderbilt - Tennessee, Kentucky

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Teams will play every team in the conference every two years. Home and away every four years.

This is a mistake. The commidiots don’t care about strength of schedule, and this just means we’ll eat each other even more.

It's fine if we go 5-11 model, but I think we all know that's not going to happen. This paves the way for the 4-2-2-1-1 model

 

[78Alum]

I like the 5-11 model. Overall, I like the 9-game schedule. But we shouldn't get the toughest permanent 3 opponents in the league.

 

[BamaInBham]

Yep. Sankey caved.

As always. He is the worst Commissioner in football.

Add to that his contempt for Alabama. Bama's 3 permanents will probably be AU, UTe and LSU. Next year Alabama will likely have to play Georgia, Florida, Texas, LSU, Oklahoma, UTe, OM, Missouri, AU - 7 of them with open dates. And LSU will cry about Alabama getting to play OM and Missouri and AU.

Texas will play Alabama, UK, Vandy, MSU, USCe, Ark, OU, A&M, Missouri - only Vandy with an open date and Texas will whine about it. Texas' permanent opponents will be Vandy, MSU and UK. Some will say "what about OU and A&M" and Sankey and Texas will sing together, "we need to get familiar with the traditional SEC programs".

UTe's permanents will likely be Alabama, Vandy and UK. UTe will probably cry, "we have to play Alabama every year, the least you can do is give us Vandy and UK'.

OU will get Alabama's schedule with Alabama substituted for OU. How dare OU have a better tradition than UTw.

Carry on Commissioner, negotiate another deal for the SEC. Put the SEC on one platform, get less money than the B10 who doesn't have the audience or the fervor the SEC does. But let the dumb B10 outsmart you for the 43rd straight time.

The SEC will likely get 2 teams per year in the playoff, begging for the privilege of a third which they might get every 3rd year. The 2 that get in will be at half-strength.

I'm sure the B10 is bent over in laughter at their friendly hayseeds from the South. They are on the road to 6 entrants to the playoffs annually. Most of the 6 fresh as a daisy.

2025 is probably the last year the SEC has a chance at the NC. Hope they take advantage.

 

[RammerJammer15]

Yep. Sankey caved.

maybe but the P4 requirement may force the Big Ten and eventually CFP’s hand to require that as well

Big Ten did a lot of yapping so now the ball is in their court

 

[Elefantman]

How many small school programs are going to disappear now that there will be fewer opportunities to make money by being the sacrificial cupcake for non conference SEC games?