The SEC announced a significant scheduling change, revealing the football opponents of all 16 members for the 2026 through 2029 seasons under a new conference format.
The move to a nine-game conference schedule will begin in 2026, ending the eight-game slates that have been in place since 1992, following the league’s addition of Texas and Oklahoma in 2024.
The new layout has each program facing three annual opponents, reviewed every four years, along with six rotating opponents.
This format ensures that every school will face all other SEC members at least once every two years, and both home and away, over the next four seasons.
Following our earlier report on Kentucky’s three permanent rivals — Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina — here’s a look at who the Cats will face over the next four seasons:
2026:
Florida
at South Carolina
at Tenneessee
Alabama
LSU
Vanderbilt
at Missouri
at Texas A&M
at Oklahoma
2027:
at Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
Auburn
Georgia
Mississippi State
at Arkansas
at Ole Miss
at Texas
2028:
Florida
at South Carolina
Missouri
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
at Tennessee
at Alabama
at LSU
at Vanderbilt
2029:
at Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Texas
at Auburn
at Georgia
at Mississippi State
