And there are no more lengthy waits to play everyone.
The new format begins next year and runs through 2029, with the SEC having the option to tweak it every four years to maintain competitive balance.
Each team will play three opponents annually and rotate through the remaining 12. The setup ensures that rotating teams square off every other year and every team plays at every SEC venue at least once over a four-year span.
Georgia, for example, will play at Alabama in 2026 and host the Crimson Tide in 2028. The Bulldogs will then host LSU in 2027 and travel to Baton Rouge in 2029.
Fans are sure to gripe about the loss of some traditional series. Alabama-LSU (played every year since 1964) and Florida-LSU (played every year since 1971) will no longer be annual events. But those teams will meet every other year, home and away, under the new format.
Geography and competitive fairness were factored into the decisions but not as prominently as maintaining long-standing rivalries like the Iron Bowl, the Egg Bowl, the Red River Rivalry, the Magnolia Bowl, the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, the Third Saturday in October and the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
The league also renewed rivalries that had been largely on hiatus since conference realignment. But the recent addition of former Big 12 heavyweights Oklahoma and Texas have a few back in the mix.
The Lone Star Shootout featuring Texas and Texas A&M, a game held every year between 1915 and 2011, will now be played annually. So will the Missouri-Oklahoma series. which was played nearly every year between 1910 and 1995. Same for Arkansas-Texas, which ended in 1991 after a 60-year run.
Kentucky Wildcats
Annuals: Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee.
2026 home: Alabama, Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt. 2026 away: Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2027 home: Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee. 2027 away: Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, Texas.
2028 home: Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M. 2028 away: Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
2029 home: Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. 2029 away: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State.
Here are the remaining schools' annual opponents through 2029:
Alabama Crimson Tide
Annuals: Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee.
2026 home: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2026 away: Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
2027 home: Florida, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas. 2027 away: Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma, Ole Miss.
2028 home: Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Vanderbilt. 2028 away: Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2029 home: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee. 2029 away: Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Texas.
Arkansas Razorbacks
Annuals: LSU, Missouri, Texas.
2026 home: Georgia, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee. 2026 away: Auburn, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
2027 home: Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas. 2027 away: Florida, LSU, Missouri, Mississippi State, Oklahoma.
2028 home: Auburn, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt. 2028 away: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.
2029 home: Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Texas. 2029 away: Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss.
Auburn Tigers
Annuals: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt.
2026 home: Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Vanderbilt. 2026 away: Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2027 home: Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2027 away: Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Vanderbilt.
2028 home: Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt. 2028 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU.
2029 home: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas. 2029 away: Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Florida Gators
Annuals: Georgia (neutral site), Kentucky, South Carolina.
2026 home: Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt. 2026 away: Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas. 2026 neutral: Georgia (Atlanta).
2027 home: Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M. 2027 away: Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Tennessee. 2027 neutral: Georgia (Tampa, Florida).
2028 home: Auburn, Missouri, Texas, South Carolina. 2028 away: Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt. 2028 neutral: Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida).
2029 home: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tennessee. 2029 away: Arkansas, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2029 neutral: Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida).
Georgia Bulldogs
Annuals: Auburn, Florida (neutral), South Carolina.
2026 home: Auburn, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt. 2026 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina. 2026 neutral: Florida (Atlanta).
2027 home: LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee. 2027 away: Auburn, Kentucky, Texas, Texas A&M. 2027 neutral: Florida (Tampa, Florida).
2028 home: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss. 2028 away: Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Vanderbilt. 2028 neutral: Florida (Jacksonville, Florida).
2029 home: Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M. 2029 away: Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee. 2029 neutral: Florida (Jacksonville, Florida).
LSU Tigers
Annuals: Arkansas, Ole Miss, Texas A&M.
2026 home: Alabama, Mississippi State, Texas, Texas A&M. 2026 away: Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee.
2027 home: Arkansas, Missouri, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt. 2027 away: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M.
2028 home: Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas A&M. 2028 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas.
2029 home: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina. 2029 away: Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Annuals: Alabama, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt.
2026 home: Alabama, Auburn, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt. 2026 away: LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas.
2027 home: Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, Texas A&M. 2027 away: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
2028 home: Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Vanderbilt. 2028 away: Auburn, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss.
2029 home: Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee. 2029 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Missouri Tigers
Annuals: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M.
2026 home: Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M. 2026 away: Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss.
2027 home: Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt. 2027 away: Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas A&M.
2028 home: Georgia, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas A&M. 2028 away: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Texas.
2029 home: Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, South Carolina. 2029 away: Auburn, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
Oklahoma Sooners
Annuals: Missouri, Ole Miss, Texas (neutral).
2026 home: Kentucky, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2026 away: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri. 2026 neutral: Texas (Dallas).
2027 home: Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee. 2027 away: Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt. 2027 neutral: Texas (Dallas).
2028 home: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss. 2028 away: Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2028 neutral: Texas (Dallas).
2029 home: Auburn, LSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt. 2029 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Tennessee. 2029 neutral: Texas (Dallas).
Ole Miss Rebels
Annuals: LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma.
2026 home: Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri. 2026 away: Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Vanderbilt.
2027 home: Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina. 2027 away: Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2028 home: Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Texas, Vanderbilt. 2028 away: Auburn, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma.
2029 home: Auburn, LSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt. 2029 away: Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina.
South Carolina Gamecocks
Annuals: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky.
2026 home: Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M. 2026 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Oklahoma.
2027 home: Florida, LSU, Missouri, Texas. 2027 away: Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt.
2028 home: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma. 2028 away: Florida, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2029 home: Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt. 2029 away: Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Texas.
Tennessee Volunteers
Annuals: Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt.
2026 home: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Texas. 2026 away: Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt.
2027 home: Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt. 2027 away: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma.
2028 home: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas A&M. 2028 away: Auburn, LSU, Texas, Vanderbilt.
2029 home: Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt. 2029 away: Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss.
Texas Longhorns
Annuals: Arkansas, Oklahoma (neutral), Texas A&M.
2026 home: Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss. 2026 away: LSU, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M. 2026 neutral: Oklahoma (Dallas).
2027 home: Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas A&M. 2027 away: Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, Vanderbilt. 2027 neutral: Oklahoma (Dallas).
2028 home: Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Tennessee. 2028 away: Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M. 2027 neutral: Oklahoma (Dallas).
2029 home: Alabama, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt. 2029 away: Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky. 2028 neutral: Oklahoma (Dallas).
Texas A&M Aggies
Annuals: LSU, Missouri, Texas.
2026 home: Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas. 2026 away: Alabama, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina.
2027 home: Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt. 2027 away: Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Texas.
2028 home: Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas. 2028 away: Arkansas, LSU, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee.
2029 home: Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri. 2029 away: Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas, Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt Commodores
Annuals: Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee.
2026 home: Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Tennessee. 2026 away: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State.
2027 home: Auburn, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas. 2027 away: LSU, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
2028 home: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee. 2028 away: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss.
2029 home: Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M. 2029 away: Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.