Home games at Sanford Stadium; rankings are preseason AP
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The games that will decide the season
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Game
The stakes
At Alabama, Oct. 10
The rematch of the 2025 SEC Championship, in Tuscaloosa – Kirby Smart’s programs have made this the league’s defining fixture
Oklahoma, Sept. 26
Only the second-ever meeting – the first was the legendary 54-48 Rose Bowl overtime in the 2017 playoff – and the Sooners arrive ranked 10th
Florida in Atlanta, Oct. 31
The Cocktail Party relocates to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for two years – a rivalry institution in a temporary home, with SEC East bragging rights as usual
At Ole Miss, Nov. 7
A top-10 November road trip to Oxford – the nine-game schedule’s cruelest addition
SCHEDULE FACTS
Two first-time guests
Tennessee State has never played Georgia, and Western Kentucky’s only visit ended 48-12 in 2006 – September stays gentle.
The Cocktail Party tour
Atlanta in 2026, Tampa in 2027, then back to a renovated Jacksonville – Georgia-Florida becomes a traveling show for two seasons.
Old rivals, new math
Nine league games means Auburn AND the full road gauntlet in the same year – the expanded schedule spares nobody, champions included.
The SEC’s move to nine conference games lands hardest on its best teams: Georgia draws Alabama and Ole Miss on the road, Oklahoma at home and the relocated Cocktail Party in between – a slate the committee will love and the roster must survive to reach the bracket covered in how the College Football Playoff works. The season’s framework is governed by the NCAA.
The Bottom Line
Nine SEC games for the first time, Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma in Athens, Florida in Atlanta and Georgia Tech to close – the defending SEC champs get the hardest version of the league’s new world, which is exactly what a No. 3 ranking buys.
