US EditionReports: Arkansas Football's 3 Annual SEC Opponents for Next Four Seasons Announced
The Southeastern Conference's new nine-game schedule starting in 2026 ensures each team plays three annual opponents and rotates others for competitive balance, preserving historic rivalries.
- The SEC will air a primetime special revealing each team's opponents for the 2026-29 seasons at 7 p.m. ET on the SEC Network and ESPN2.
- Beginning in 2026, the Southeastern Conference will expand to a nine-game conference schedule, with each team assigned three annual opponents and six rotating opponents reviewed every four years.
- LSU is predicted to have Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Arkansas as its annual opponents, reflecting regional rivalries including the season-ending Battle for the Boot with Arkansas.
- Some historic rivalries will not remain annual under the new model, as the Alabama-LSU rivalry ends yearly play and adding a ninth conference game raises strength of schedule impacting College Football Playoff and television revenue.
- The format also guarantees that every school will meet all other members on a two-year cycle and visit every venue within a four-year span, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas football's three annual SEC opponents for the next few seasons have been released, according to multiple reports. On3 and ESPN are reporting that LSU, Missouri and Texas will be the Razorbacks' annual SEC opponents from 2026 to 2029. With the SEC implementing a new scheduling model, Arkansas will play those three teams every season for the next four years along with six more conference opponents that wil…
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ESPN: OU learns repeat opponents during new 9-game conference slate starting in 2026
Sources have told ESPN which repeat opponents the OU football team and other SEC schools will play during a four-year stretch under its new nine-game conference schedule.
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