Georgia insider leaks key detail about UGA's future SEC schedules

The SEC sent shockwaves through the college football world on Thursday after they announced that they will be moving to nine conference game seasons beginning in 2026. This puts Georgia in an extremely awkward spot because they will be forced to cancel future games already scheduled with nonconference opponents, but UGA will figure that out.

Part of the SEC's announcement on Thursday included that each team will have three annual rivalry opponents they will play every season. Those opponents however have not been announced, so Georgia does not know who they will get to play each season going forward.

Graham Coffey with Dawgs Central however shared some insider information Thursday night that included who Georgia's three annual opponents likely will be.

Georgia could retain two annual rivalries in updated SEC schedule

According to Coffey, the motion for the SEC to move to a nine game conference schedule came up one vote short earlier this summer. When that motion was voted on, the three annual opponents Georgia would have played were Florida, Auburn and South Carolina.

Every Georgia fan assumed that UGA would continue playing Florida and Auburn every season as they are the Bulldogs two rivalries they have in the SEC. The third opponent however could have been any other team in the conference. Many Georgia fans were hoping it would either be Tennessee or South Carolina, and it turns out the Gamecocks would have been Georgia's third game earlier this summer.

It is not guaranteed though that these three opponents will be Georgia's annual matchups beginning in 2026. They more than likely will be, but no official word has been released on that front yet.

But hopefully the SEC doesn't mess this decision up, because failing to allow Georgia to play Florida and Auburn every season would be a travesty.