Phil Steele Blog • February 19, 2016

 

2016 SEC Football Schedules.

The SEC announced the release of their 2016 schedules. Here are some interested notes from that release.

• Each SEC team will play eight conference football games to include six games against division opponents and two games against non-division opponents. One of the non-division opponents will be a permanent annual opponent and the other non-division opponent will rotate each year.

• The 2016 season is the first for the SEC that adds a strength-of-schedule component that requires all schools to play an ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 or Major Independent opponent on an annual basis.

• For the 25th consecutive year, the 2016 season will culminate with the SEC Championship Game on Saturday, December 3 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

ALABAMA ARKANSAS AUBURN
9/3 † USC (Arlington) 9/3 Louisiana Tech 9/3 Clemson
9/10 WKU 9/10 at TCU 9/10 Arkansas St
9/17 at Mississippi 9/17 Texas St 9/17 Texas A&M
9/24 Kent St 9/24 † Texas A&M (Arlington) 9/24 LSU
10/1 Kentucky 10/1 Alcorn St (Little Rock) 10/1 ULM
10/8 at Arkansas 10/8 Alabama 10/8 at Mississippi St
10/15 at Tennessee 10/15 Mississippi 10/15 Open
10/22 Texas A&M 10/22 at Auburn 10/22 Arkansas
10/29 Open 10/29 Open 10/29 at Mississippi
11/5 at LSU 11/5 Florida 11/5 Vanderbilt
11/12 Mississippi St 11/12 LSU 11/12 at Georgia
11/19 UT Chattanooga 11/19 at Mississippi St 11/19 Alabama A&M
11/26 Auburn 11/26 at Missouri 11/26 at Alabama
12/3 12/3 12/3
FLORIDA GEORGIA KENTUCKY
9/3 Massachusetts 9/3 † North Carolina (Atlanta) 9/3 Southern Miss
9/10 Kentucky 9/10 Nicholls St 9/10 at Florida
9/17 North Texas 9/17 at Missouri 9/17 New Mexico St
9/24 at Tennessee 9/24 at Mississippi 9/24 South Carolina
10/1 at Vanderbilt 10/1 Tennessee 10/1 at Alabama
10/8 LSU 10/8 at South Carolina 10/8 Vanderbilt
10/15 Missouri 10/15 Vanderbilt 10/15 Open
10/22 Open 10/22 Open 10/22 Mississippi St
10/29 † Georgia (Jacksonville) 10/29 † Florida (Jacksonville) 10/29 at Missouri
11/5 at Arkansas 11/5 at Kentucky 11/5 Georgia
11/12 South Carolina 11/12 Auburn 11/12 at Tennessee
11/19 Presbyterian 11/19 UL Lafayette 11/19 Austin Peay
11/26 at Florida St 11/26 Georgia Tech 11/26 at Louisville
12/3 12/3 12/3
LSU MISSISSIPPI MISS ST
9/3 † Wisconsin (Green Bay) 9/5 † Florida St (Orlando) (Mon) 9/3 South Alabama
9/10 Jacksonville St 9/10 Wofford 9/10 South Carolina
9/17 Mississippi St 9/17 Alabama 9/17 at LSU
9/24 at Auburn 9/24 Georgia 9/24 at Massachusetts
10/1 Missouri 10/1 Memphis 10/1 Open
10/8 at Florida 10/8 Open 10/8 Auburn
10/15 Southern Miss 10/15 at Arkansas 10/15 at BYU
10/22 Mississippi 10/22 at LSU 10/22 at Kentucky
10/29 Open 10/29 Auburn 10/29 Samford
11/5 Alabama 11/5 Georgia Southern 11/5 Texas A&M
11/12 at Arkansas 11/12 at Texas A&M 11/12 at Alabama
11/19 South Alabama 11/19 at Vanderbilt 11/19 Arkansas
11/24 at Texas A&M (Thur) 11/26 Mississippi St 11/26 at Mississippi
12/3 12/3 12/3
MISSOURI SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE
9/3 at West Virginia 9/1 at Vanderbilt (Thur) 9/3 Appalachian St
9/10 Eastern Michigan 9/10 at Mississippi St 9/10 † Virginia Tech (Bristol)
9/17 Georgia 9/17 East Carolina 9/17 Ohio
9/24 Delaware St 9/24 at Kentucky 9/24 Florida
10/1 at LSU 10/1 Texas A&M 10/1 at Georgia
10/8 Open 10/8 Georgia 10/8 at Texas A&M
10/15 at Florida 10/15 Open 10/15 Alabama
10/22 Middle Tennessee 10/22 Massachusetts 10/22 Open
10/29 Kentucky 10/29 Tennessee 10/29 at South Carolina
11/5 at South Carolina 11/5 Missouri 11/5 Tennessee Tech
11/12 Vanderbilt 11/12 at Florida 11/12 Kentucky
11/19 at Tennessee 11/19 Western Carolina 11/19 Missouri
11/26 Arkansas 11/26 at Clemson 11/26 at Vanderbilt
12/3 12/3 12/3
TEXAS A&M VANDERBILT
9/3 UCLA 9/1 South Carolina (Thur)
9/10 Prairie View 9/10 Middle Tennessee
9/17 at Auburn 9/17 at Georgia Tech
9/24 † Arkansas (Arlington) 9/24 at WKU
10/1 at South Carolina 10/1 Florida
10/8 Tennessee 10/8 at Kentucky
10/15 Open 10/15 at Georgia
10/22 at Alabama 10/22 Tennessee St
10/29 New Mexico St 10/29 Open
11/5 at Mississippi St 11/5 at Auburn
11/12 Mississippi 11/12 at Missouri
11/19 UTSA 11/19 Mississippi
11/24 LSU (Thur) 11/26 Tennessee
12/3 12/3