Texas football schedule reveal: SEC announces conference opponents, annual rivals for next 4 seasons
By Sydney Hunte
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Texas’s SEC schedule from 2026 to 2029 was revealed on the SEC Network on Tuesday night. That includes three opponents the Longhorns will play each year in that timespan, and neither is a surprise.
The Red River Rivalry between the Longhorns and Oklahoma will carry on at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas through at least the end of the decade. With the SEC prioritizing existing rivalries as part of a move to a 9-game conference schedule, the long-running series — a fixture on the college football calendar every year since 1929 — was never a serious threat to be scrapped.
Another series that was never under serious threat is one that was renewed when the Longhorns moved to the SEC in 2024. Texas and Texas A&M will continue to play each other, with the Aggies hosting in even years and the Longhorns hosting in odd years.
Texas’s final permanent opponent is Arkansas, as a rivalry that was part of the calendar from the 1950s to the 1990s has recently been restored with both teams now in the SEC. The Razorbacks come to DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in 2026 and 2028, while the Longhorns travel to Fayetteville in 2027 and 2029.
Texas will also face Florida, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State in Austin in 2026. Those will serve as road opponents in 2028. The Longhorns’ road games against LSU, Mizzou, and Tennessee in 2026 are home games in 2028.
Alabama, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt will be part of the Longhorns’ road schedule in 2027. Those teams will make the trip to DKR in 2029.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
