SEC scheduling is about to get a major shakeup.
When Texas and Oklahoma join the conference in 2024, the league will take on a whole new format for scheduling, which will take a permanent shape over the next couple of years.
Hugh Freeze hasn’t thought about what the scheduling will be like, he said during the SEC coaches teleconference Wednesday. The Auburn head coach is more focused on the now than worrying about his future schedule.
“I give zero thought to it,” Freeze said. “I know that the SEC office and our ADs and presidents will let us know when it’s time to have a conversation about those things, and none of that has come to me at this point other than next year’s schedule being released.”
Freeze has mixed feelings about the schedule shake ups. There are certainly going to be some important rivalries that take new shape with the updated scheduling, but it will also give teams a chance to play different teams more often.
“Who knows what’s going to happen 2 years from now, I said there’s a lot of great rivalries that our fans love and our players love, but certainly there’s going to be great games added,” Freeze said. “But should the new scheduling ever miss a year of these great rivalries, that that will be something that obviously will be talked about, but that doesn’t mean there’s not going to be great games, and who knows, maybe all of the rivalries will be protected. I haven’t heard any discussions about the future schedules other than the one we’ve been given for next year.”
