9 game conference schedule for 2026

Mike Slive gave us miZzzouri and A&m Greg Sankey gave us texas and oklahoma.

These shills ruined college football . Mega conferences are whats wrong.

Its a microcosm of the world ———> the more you centralize, the more centralized power tries to fix the problem that centralized power itself creates. Rinse, repeat until doom


We will 100% see a 24 team gimp off before 2030.. You cant s top these psychopaths


Go Jags !

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We will 100% see a 24 team gimp off before 2030.. You cant s top these psychopaths

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If risking injury is the main idea, a 24 team playoff would blow an extra conference game out of the water.

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It benefits us and more levels the playing field

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It does the exact polar opposite of benefit us. It hurts us. I mean think about this from the desired end result and work backwards:

What is the main goal? Win the national championship
How do we win the national championship? Make it to the end of the playoffs
How do we do that? First make the playoffs
How do we make the playoffs? Win as many games as possible

I don't see how the above could really be argued. So if the goal for UGA is to win as many games as possible, what logical or rational sense on earth does it make to substitute Austin Peay on our schedule for LSU or Oklahoma instead? Spoiler: it doesn't. All this does it make our already meat grinder of a difficult schedule even MORE difficult. To suggest this is a good thing for us is a slap in the face to critical thinking.

Now, if you want to say it "levels the playing field" only wtihin the SEC, ok yes I agree. But who the hell cares? I don't care about the SEC being a level playing field. I care about how we compare to the other dozen teams we'd be battling against in the playoff. have you seen texas tech's schedule next year? As a reminder Texas Tech is the reigning big 12 champion and is one of the highest spending teams in america that takes pride in the fact that they'll just write a blank check and get whoever they want. They made the final 4 of the playoffs last year. Here is their 2026 schedule:


Sep. 5 Abilene Christian Wildcats
Sep. 12 @Oregon State Beavers
Sep. 19 Houston
Sep. 26 Sam Houston Bearkats
Oct. 3 @Colorado
Oct. 10 OFF
Oct. 17 Arizona State Sun Devils
Oct. 24 @Cincinnati Bearcats
Oct. 31 Arizona Wildcats
Nov. 7 West Virginia
Nov. 14 @Oklahoma State Cowboys
Nov. 21 Baylor Bears
Nov. 28 TCU Horned Frogs

This is our competition. This is who we are fighting against to win playoff games. This is a team that could likely play their backup 22 the entire year and still manage 8-4 at least. This is a team that shoudl sleepwalk backwards into the playoffs rested and refreshed while we play 9 games against bama/ole miss/oklahoma/auburn/etc plus tech, plus the SECCG. So no I wholeheartedly disagree that the playing field is leveled by us adding another league game.

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Our main goal was to beat our rivals and win the SEC Championship before every season.

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way back when, I'm sure the #1 goal was to beat tech and hey if we ended up getting one from AU/UF/UT that was gravy.
When Richt got here I suspect winning the SEC was the #1 goal every year and making the sugar bowl

Times have changed. Where we are now as a program, if our #1 goal heading into the season isn't to win the title then WTF are we even doing? Note- I'm not saying anything short of that is a failure. 2025 was a remarkable season that was a resounding success. But I would damn sure hope that we go into 2026 with our sights set on a national title and not just "our top priority is beating florida and tech this year".

I think all the coaches are against it for the gauntlet it will become.

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And that was one of the things that always upset me about Vince Dooley. I once heard Bear Bryant say "we try to win the national championship every year and the conference title will take care of itself". You never achieve a goal you don't set. We should have been aiming for the NC title every year.

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You couldn’t “win” that National Championship. At UGA, if you beat your rivals and win the SEC Championship, the Natty took care of itself, unless ND, Michigan and USC were good that year.

Valid point. Times were definitely different.

In years past you win the SEC you were in the title game. Then it was you win the SEC you're in the playoffs and you win two games and you get the title. Then it was you win the SEC with an 8 game SEC schedule you get into the playoff and you have to win 3 or 4 games to win the title. Now it is you win the SEC with a 9 game schedule you have to win 3 or 4 more games to win the title.

Now, all conferences have to deal wirh the same playoff format but none of those other conferences have conference schedules anywhere near as difficult. This is the definition of shooting yourselves in the foot.

Agreed but can the SEC step up in bowl games and win please? Seems every year lately we beat our chest about how difficult the SEC is then most lay an egg in whatever bowl game an SEC team is in.