LEXINGTON — Count Kentucky among the SEC football programs that would prefer the league schedule remain at eight games after Texas and Oklahoma join the league. During the league’s annual ...

SEC teams will have their 2025 league schedule in hand well in advance; the 2022 SEC schedule was announced in late September, nearly a full year in advance.

We’ve seen too many great rivalries die or get put on hiatus. College football seems to be addicted to disregarding games that players want to play in and fans want to see.

OU could see a huge financial windfall if the SEC goes from eight to nine conference games. But the change could also come at a time of uncertainty for the Sooners.

The drawback: No schedule flexibility to allow for rivalry games. That means no more annual Georgia-Auburn game or LSU-Alabama or several others. But again, that's the price of expansion.

The impact of new rivalries on existing rivalries, those things are real. What I’m really encouraged about is the opportunity in different models to see everybody with some level of frequency.

The SEC is considering a "temporary eight-game conference schedule" in the 2024 football season when Texas and Oklahoma join the conference that would "at least for one year, preserve both primary ...

SEC leaders had considered a nine-game conference schedule that would include three annual rivalry games and an eight-game model with one annual rivalry game. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

With the SEC becoming a 16-team conference next year when Oklahoma and Texas become members, the SEC will unveil each team’s 2024 opponents during a prime-time TV show on June 14 with game dates ...

There is uncertainty within the conference on how an increased schedule would have an impact on deciding at-large bids when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024.

The SEC had considered adding an additional conference game to the schedule when Texas and Oklahoma joined the league this summer but elected to stay at eight games for 2024 while leaving all ...

The addition of Texas and Oklahoma will make it tricky for the SEC to maintain traditional rivalries, but commissioner Greg Sankey sees opportunity.