If you’ve gone into hibernation since National Signing Day in February, you’ve missed more than a handful of additions to the SEC’s future schedule.
Most of them are against lower-tier teams, but the conference has added contests against Stanford, Pitt, Wake Forest, BYU and Colorado during that time as well.
Here’s a rundown of the recent schedule changes in the SEC by division and month.
SEC EAST
March: Tennessee added a pair of marquee games to its future schedule against Pitt of the ACC in 2020 and 2021 … Former Stanford defensive coordinator Derek Mason may not be around for it, but Vanderbilt added a four-game series with the Cardinal in the 2020s … The Commodores also introduced a home-and-home with Wake Forest for 2022 and 2023 … Missouri for a time was scrambling to complete its non-conference schedule, but the Tigers added Idaho to complete the ’17 schedule.
June: Kentucky and Southern Miss announced a home-and-home series in 2016 and 2017.
SEC WEST
March: Texas A&M, one of the most active teams in the country in terms of building out future non-conference schedules, announced it will renew a former Big 12 rivalry with Colorado in 2020-21 … The Aggies also added New Mexico State to the 2016 slate … Mississippi State, in the first of several offseason scheduling moves, announced a home-and-home series against BYU — the same week the SEC announced the Cougars as one of three Independent teams that it will accept for the Power 5 non-conference requirement.
April: Georgia State, an FBS team that joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2013, lined up games against Alabama (2020) and Auburn (2021).
May: LSU announced it will move a game scheduled against Georgia Southern from 2017 to 2019. The Eagles promptly filled the hole by adding Auburn to the ’17 schedule … Ole Miss and Tulane, which have played more than 70 times, modified their existing four-game contract to play in 2023 (New Orleans)Â and 2025 (Oxford, Miss.) … Tulane also abruptly canceled its 2016 game vs. Mississippi State, which then added UMass as a replacement in addition to FCS school Samford.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
