BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The SEC has settled the debate. Beginning in 2026, the league will expand its football schedule to nine regular-season conference games, ending years of speculation about the future of SEC matchups.

In the nine-game schedule, each team will play three teams annually as permanent opponents and the remaining 12 teams on a rotating basis. Over four years, each team will play every team in the conference at least once every two years and will have home and home matchups with every other member over a four-year period.