SEC reveals 2025 conference football schedule with staggered kickoff times

The SEC announced the 2025 conference slate of football games this week, keeping the league at an eight-game conference schedule for that year. It was previously reported that the league would consider moving to a nine-game conference schedule in 2025 and beyond.

While sticking at eight games, the league did announce a slight change to the timing of kickoffs on games broadcast on SEC Network, which will go in to effect this upcoming season in 2024. Those games will be eligible to be flexed back up to 45 minutes in order to create staggered kickoffs.

For instance, a game on SEC Network that would otherwise start at noon EST can now start at 12:45 p.m. EST.

🏈 | Scheduling format and opponents announced for the 2025 #SECFB season: https://t.co/9ZJbXvc3jV pic.twitter.com/lELz7Q3iLV

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March 20, 2024

247Sports first reported the news involving the SEC football scheduling. The Athletic’s Seth Emerson reported shortly after that the 2025 schedule would just be the 2024 schedule, but with the home and away designations flipped.

And by pushing the SEC Network slate of games back by 45 minutes, the league is hoping to create staggered finishes with league games that are being broadcast on the ESPN channels or ABC. In addition, the league and ESPN can flex a limited number of ESPN/ABC broadcasts per team per season.

The 2024 season will be the first year of the new, 16-team SEC that features Texas and Oklahoma. Those additions were one of the main reasons it was suspected the SEC might eventually move to a nine-game conference schedule, a move that has yet to come.

See the conference opponents for each SEC team in 2025 below.

Alabama

Home: Vanderbilt, Tennessee, LSU, Oklahoma
Away: Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, Auburn

Arkansas

Home: Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M
Away: Tennessee, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas

Auburn

Home: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri
Away: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

Florida

Home: Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas
Away: Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M
Neutral: Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida)

Georgia

Home: Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas
Away: Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Neutral: Florida (Jacksonville, Florida)

Kentucky

Home: Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas
Away: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

LSU

Home: Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Texas A&M
Away: Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt

Ole Miss

Home: Arkansas, Florida, LSU, South Carolina
Away: Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Oklahoma

Mississippi State

Home: Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas
Away: Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M

Missouri

Home: Alabama, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Texas A&M
Away: Arkansas, Auburn, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt

Oklahoma

Home: Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri
Away: Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee
Neutral: Texas (Dallas, Texas)

South Carolina

Home: Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Away: LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, Texas A&M

Tennessee

Home: Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Away: Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Missisippi State

Texas

Home: Arkansas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Away: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State
Neutral: Oklahoma (Dallas, Texas)

Texas A&M

Home: Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina
Away: LSU, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas

Vanderbilt

Home: Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri
Away: Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas