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SI Predicts Three Permanent Opponents For Each SEC Team If League Moves To Nine-Game Model

by Staff Reporter

March 3, 202365 Comments

SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK

With Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC in 2024, there has been a lot of chatter that the conference will change its scheduling model to a nine-game format, where teams will play three permanent opponents and six rotating.

Sports Illustrated is predicting that in this new model, LSU's permanent opponents would be Alabama, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss.

quote:
As the SEC continues to mull over those potential schedule formats, SI’s Dellenger made a first attempt at guessing the three permanent opponents for each SEC school based on rivalries, geography and parity:

Missouri: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Arkansas: Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss
Texas A&M: LSU, Texas, Mississippi State
Texas: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Arkansas
Oklahoma: Texas, Missouri, Florida
LSU: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama
Ole Miss: Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas
Mississippi State: Ole Miss, Kentucky, Texas A&M
Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Auburn, Missouri
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Alabama, South Carolina
Kentucky: Mississippi State, South Carolina, Georgia
Georgia: Auburn, Florida, Kentucky
Florida: Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma
South Carolina: Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky

Thoughts?

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Lynxrufus2012•37 months

Kentucky doesn't get Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia? Call me surprised.

Nix to Twillie•37 months

“Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU”

Not a chance.

DownHome•37 months

Trade the figs for Florida

GruntbyAssociation•37 months

Show your tits!!!

Bige11•37 months

The right way to do this is play your 7 division opponents. Then the same weekend as SEC champ game play your cross division rival. That’s 8 total games.

Mikesnation•37 months

Arkansas: Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss

Trade Ole Piss with aTm

Bucky_B•37 months

Bama, LSU, Auburn and Tenn. this keeps the best rivalries of the SEC in tact every year. Ole Miss is washed up and has been since the 60's.

TigersOnTop4Ever•37 months

Oklahoma vs florida doesn't sound right every year

CapitolB•37 months

Exactly. Texas, Missouri and Texas A&M makes much more sense for them

WirelessMike•37 months

I like Bama and Ole Miss on the permanent schedule, but I'd rather keep Arkansas over aTm. The Battle for the Boot and The Magnolia Bowl have been great games. There have been some great games against Florida, but I was never able to embrace that as a rivalry.

TigerintheNO•37 months

frick that

cajunmud•37 months

I would prefer Bama, FL, Auburn. But those that we don't get, we'd play ever other year, from what I've read. 2 years for the hatred to mount. Everyone's up and down over the years.

Lsutigerturner•37 months

frick that scrap aTm

Ole piss bama and Florida

RightWingTiger•37 months

Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Alabama, South Carolina
WTF? Thats pretty easy there for Tenner no?

goatmilker•37 months

Georgia: Auburn, Florida, Kentucky

I would be a happy damn dog :(

Jabontik•37 months

why not just play Alabama three time every year? Everybody in America knows its the only game that really matters. Best 2 out of three

Load Toad•37 months

LSU plays Texas, Texas AM, and Arkansas

CapitolB•37 months

I'd love to play both Texas schools every year. Gives us momentum in recruiting the state after we beat them.

GoldenGuy•37 months

Kentucky plays Tenner
South Carolina plays Mizzou

Celery•37 months

Most of it seems logical except Florida/Oklahomo

GoldenGuy•37 months

Both states contain people who will drink hand sanitizer.

Flashback•37 months

Texas and OU need to experience the meat grinder. Their scenario is way too easy.

RightWingTiger•37 months

Well they’re getting 6 other SEC Teams each year as well so they’ll get properly initiated to the SEC in sure!

HarveyTunnel•37 months

Florida. Bama. Ole Miss.

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