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Florida basketball reveals schedule for 2026-27 season

Published: Jul 27, 2026 · 12:06 PM EDT

The schedule is (mostly) set for the 2026-27 season of Florida basketball.

The SEC announced the 2027 conference slate on Monday. With that, the Gators have all but 2 opponents set on their 2026-27 schedule. Opponents for neutral-site games on Dec. 12 and Dec. 18 have yet to be announced.

Todd Golden’s team begins the year facing 3 in-state foes. UF will travel to Tampa to face Miami in the Nov. 2 season-opener. The Gators will host Jacksonville for the Nov. 5 home-opener. Florida and Florida State will play on Nov. 10 in Tallahassee.

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Other nonconference highlights of Florida’s schedule include 3 games in Las Vegas as part of the Players Era 8. The Gators will face Notre Dame on Nov. 17, with opponents for Nov. 18 and 19 to be determined. UF will host Duke in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Dec. 1 in Gainesville.

The 18-game conference slate features home-and-home games with Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. UF’s road conference games include Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn and Arkansas. The Gators will host Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss and Kentucky during the season.

Here’s the full schedule, via FloridaGators.com:

Nov. 2	vs. Miami	Tampa, Fla.
Nov. 5	JACKSONVILLE	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Nov. 10	at Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.
Nov. 13	MERRIMACK	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Nov. 17	vs. Notre Dame	Las Vegas, Nev.
Nov. 18	vs. Houston/Rutgers	Las Vegas, Nev.
Nov. 19	vs. Auburn/Kansas/UNLV/West Virginia	Las Vegas, Nev.
Nov. 24	MILWAUKEE	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Dec. 1	DUKE	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Dec. 6	VERMONT	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Dec. 12	vs. TBA	Neutral Site Game
Dec. 18	vs. TBA	Neutral Site Game
Dec. 21	FLORIDA A&M	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Dec. 29	LONG ISLAND	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Jan. 2	at Texas	Austin, Texas
Jan. 5/6	OKLAHOMA	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Jan. 9	VANDERBILT	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Jan. 12/13	at Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.
Jan. 16	at Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Jan. 19/20	TEXAS A&M	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Jan. 23	at Georgia	Athens, Ga.
Jan. 30	at Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.
Feb. 2/3	SOUTH CAROLINA	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Feb. 6	TEXAS	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Feb. 9/10	at Auburn	Auburn, Ala.
Feb. 13	MISSOURI	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Feb. 16/17	at LSU	Baton Rouge, La.
Feb. 20	GEORGIA	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Feb. 23/24	OLE MISS	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
Feb. 27	at Arkansas	Fayetteville, Ark.
March 2/3	at South Carolina	Columbia, S.C.
March 6	KENTUCKY	GAINESVILLE, FLA.
March 10-14	SEC Tournament	Nashville, Tenn.

Florida is getting early buzz as one of the SEC’s top teams with Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon, Rueben Chinyelu and Boogie Fland all returning from the starting lineup of last year’s conference title squad. Denzel Aberdeen, a key contributor on the 2025 Florida national championship team and starter at Kentucky last season, has transferred back to UF and is seeking NCAA eligibility for 2026-27.

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