Overview

• The conference will announce full slates for all 16 teams in a primetime SEC Network special on Tuesday.
• Each program will have three “annual opponents” with assignments subject to a four-year review, replacing the idea of permanent rivals.
• Sources say annual series such as Texas–Oklahoma, Alabama–Auburn, Ole Miss–Mississippi State, and Arkansas–Missouri are preserved.
• The nine-game format pairs those three games with six rotating opponents so every team meets all league foes at least once every two years and home-and-home every four.
• League leaders tied the shift to CFP strength-of-schedule metrics and enhanced TV value, and most athletic directors have not yet been informed of their annual opponents.