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Florida Football Schedule 2026: Full Gators Slate, Dates, and Key Games
Games That Will Decide Florida’s Season
| Sept 26 vs Ole Miss | A top-10 Rebels team in The Swamp, one week after the Auburn road trip. Sumrall’s first real home test and the earliest chance for a signature win. |
| Oct 17 at Texas | Florida beat Texas 29-21 in 2025 for the first win over the Longhorns in program history. The rematch is in Austin against a top-five team. |
| Oct 31 vs Georgia | The rivalry moves to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta while EverBank Stadium is renovated. It heads to Tampa in 2027 and back to Jacksonville in 2028. |
| Nov 27 at Florida State | A Friday afternoon finale in Tallahassee. Florida won last year’s meeting 40-21 and gets the rivalry on the road this time. |
The Sumrall Era Opens
Jon Sumrall takes over in Gainesville, with Aaron Philo named QB1 out of fall camp and the competition still open behind him.
Georgia Leaves Jacksonville
The 2026 game is in Atlanta, 2027 goes to Tampa, and the series returns to Jacksonville in 2028 once the EverBank renovation is finished.
A $1.2 Million Opener
Florida is paying FAU roughly $1.2 million for the Sept 5 game — the first meeting between the schools since 2021.
How the Schedule Sets Up
Two home tune-ups give Sumrall a soft landing, and then it comes fast: at Auburn, Ole Miss at home, at Missouri. Survive that and October is still unforgiving, with South Carolina, a trip to Austin, and Georgia in Atlanta after the bye. November is where the schedule finally gives something back — Oklahoma at home is difficult, but Kentucky and Vanderbilt are winnable, and the year closes on the road against a Florida State team the Gators beat comfortably last November. Nine SEC games with no easy stretch means the bowl math matters early; for the postseason picture, here’s how the College Football Playoff works under the 12-team format. The nine-game conference slate is part of the NCAA FBS move toward deeper league scheduling.
The Bottom Line
Six home games, Ole Miss and Oklahoma in The Swamp, Georgia in Atlanta on Halloween, and a Friday finale in Tallahassee — Jon Sumrall inherits one of the SEC’s harder first-year schedules. Bookmark this page; times, networks, and results are updated throughout the season.