As everyone knows, the SEC is adopting a new scheduling model beginning in 2026. The conference will move to a nine game SEC schedule beginning next season in an effort to create more exciting matchups within the conference.
Each team in the SEC will play three teams every season, and the conference released who those three annual opponents will be for Georgia and every other team Monday morning.
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Georgia’s 3 annual SEC opponents announced
The SEC could have given Georgia any three teams they wanted as their annual opponents, but they had said that an emphasis would be placed on keeping traditional rivalries in tact. So it was assumed Georgia would get to play Florida and Auburn every year, and that was confirmed on Monday in this announcement.
Georgia’s third opponent however was unknown as there weren’t any other obvious choices. The SEC however chose to give the Bulldogs South Carolina as there is a lot of history between Georgia and the Gamecocks going back to their days of playing each season in the SEC East.
Analyzing the rest of the SEC’s selections
The conference overall did a pretty good job keeping these selections balanced from a competitive standpoint, but there is one team who received the most difficult matchups. Auburn is that team as they retained their two biggest rivals in Alabama and Georgia as two of their annual matchups. The Tigers third opponent is Vanderbilt who typically is near the bottom of the SEC, but the Commodores have been a program on the rise in recent years. Texas A&M also got a tough draw as they have to play Texas and LSU each season now.
A few teams also got an easier draw than others, and Georgia’s three matchups did turn out to be more favorable than others. Texas also got a good draw as well as they will play Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Arkansas each season.
These annual matchups are set in stone for the next four seasons, so Georgia is guaranteed to play these three teams each year through the 2029 season. At that point the SEC will reevaluate this selections and adjust where they sit fit.
Overall though Georgia got exactly what they wanted. They were able to keep their two traditional rivals on their schedule for the next four years while also getting a team in South Carolina that rarely competes for SEC Championships.