SEC Sticks With 8-Game Conference Schedule Through 2025

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has confirmed that it will maintain an eight-game conference schedule at least through the 2025 season. This decision, announced in March 2024, allows for additional time to evaluate potential long-term changes in college sports scheduling and to monitor the evolving landscape of inter-conference play.

Supplemental details from various sources note that the current format includes eight SEC opponents plus one mandated non-conference matchup against a team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, or a major independent. Some reports also highlighted adjustments such as staggered kickoff times on the SEC Network, which allow game start times to be delayed by up to 45 minutes to produce more dynamic broadcast finishes. These measures come as the conference continues to navigate scheduling challenges, particularly in light of its expansion to 16 teams with the recent inclusion of Oklahoma and Texas.