2020 SEC football schedule: Toughest 3-game stretch for each SEC team
By Adam Spencer
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The 2020 schedule was released by the SEC on Wednesday, and now everyone is analyzing their team’s draw.
Some teams face some absolutely brutal stretches of games, and we have highlighted each team’s toughest 3-game stretch here.
Starting with Alabama and ending with Vanderbilt, here are the toughest stretches for each SEC squad:
Alabama
| Nov. 7 | at LSU |
| Nov. 14 | UT-MARTIN |
| Nov. 21 | TEXAS A&M |
The Tide actually don’t have a brutal 3-game stretch, as their toughest games are spread out a bit. We’ll go with a trip to LSU and a home game against A&M as their most difficult.
Arkansas
| Sept. 12 | at Notre Dame |
| Sept. 19 | at Mississippi State |
| Sept. 26 | vs. Texas A&M (Arlington) |
Two road games and a neutral site game against teams of Notre Dame, Mississippi State and Texas A&M’s caliber? Yikes.
Auburn
| Nov. 14 | UMASS |
| Nov. 21 | LSU |
| Nov. 28 | at Alabama |
The Tigers got to move their Georgia rivalry game earlier in the year. Their reward? A brutal two-game stretch to end the season. UMass won’t be tough, but the other two games — woof.
Florida
| Oct. 10 | LSU |
| Oct. 17 | at Ole Miss |
| Oct. 24 | Open Date |
| Oct. 31 | vs. Georgia (Jacksonville) |
The Gators usually have an open date before the Georgia game, but that doesn’t make the rivalry against the Bulldogs much easier. Add in a road trip to Oxford against a team that should have an entrenched quarterback in Matt Corral and this is tough.
Georgia
| Oct. 10 | AUBURN |
| Oct. 17 | at Missouri |
| Oct. 24 | Open Date |
| Oct. 31 | vs. FLORIDA (Jacksonville) |
The Bulldogs play at Alabama in 2020, but they manage to sandwich that game between cupcakes like East Tennessee State and Louisiana-Monroe. This stretch, with a home game vs. Auburn, a road trip to Mizzou and then the rivalry game against Florida after an off week is tougher.
Kentucky
| Nov. 7 | at Tennessee |
| Nov. 14 | MISSISSIPPI STATE |
| Nov. 21 | GEORGIA |
The Wildcats won’t have an easy November, as they play the 3 teams above before taking on Louisville to end the season.
LSU
| Nov. 7 | ALABAMA |
| Nov. 14 | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Nov. 21 | at Auburn |
The Tigers have an absolutely brutal November, with the 3 games above and then a trip to Texas A&M to end the year.
Mississippi State
| Oct. 17 | at Alabama |
| Oct. 24 | at LSU |
| Oct. 31 | AUBURN |
That’s a tough end to the month of October for the Bulldogs. They have an off week before Alabama, but that comes after a game against Texas A&M.
Missouri
| Oct. 10 | at BYU |
| Oct. 17 | GEORGIA |
| Oct. 24 | KENTUCKY |
Mizzou doesn’t have a particularly tough schedule, but Georgia and Kentucky have given the Tigers problems. Add in a trip to Utah and it could be a long month for Missouri.
Ole Miss
| Sept. 19 | AUBURN |
| Sept. 26 | at LSU |
| Oct. 3 | ALABAMA |
The SEC West is tough because you have to play Alabama, Auburn and LSU every year (in addition to Texas A&M). The Rebels have to play all 3 of those teams in a row! And it starts in Week 3. That won’t be easy.
South Carolina
| Nov. 14 | at LSU |
| Nov. 21 | WOFFORD |
| Nov. 28 | at Clemson |
The Gamecocks begin November by hosting Georgia, then embark on this 3-game stretch. That’s another brutal schedule for Will Muschamp’s crew.
Tennessee
| Oct. 3 | MISSOURI |
| Oct. 10 | at South Carolina |
| Oct. 17 | Open Date |
| Oct. 24 | ALABAMA |
Mizzou has had the Vols’ number the past 2 years. Trips to South Carolina are tough. And playing Alabama is something no one wants to do.
Texas A&M
| Nov. 14 | VANDERBILT |
| Nov. 21 | at Alabama |
| Nov. 28 | LSU |
The Aggies have perhaps the toughest 2 games to end the regular season. They’d better not be caught looking ahead when they host Vandy.
Vanderbilt
| Oct. 31 | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Nov. 7 | FLORIDA |
| Nov. 14 | at Texas A&M |
The Commodores get A&M as their SEC East-West crossover game this year, and playing at Kyle Field will be a tough environment, especially a week after hosting Florida.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
