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Florida's annual SEC football opponents for next four seasons set

On3 imageby: Keith Niebuhr09/22/25On3Keith

The SEC will announce the football opponents for each league school for the next four years on Tuesday, but On3’s Chris Low on Monday revealed the three annual SEC opponents for all 16 teams. And it seems the Florida Gators finally caught a scheduling break.

UF’s annual opponents for the following four years are: Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky

You can find the complete list of annual opponents for every SEC program HERE.

Georgia, an SEC and national power, was a given to be one of UF’s annual opponents due to the Florida-Georgia game being such a prominent rivalry, both regionally and nationally. The two programs have faced each other over 100 times, with the Bulldogs leading the all-time series 56–44–2.

Florida and Kentucky have played each other annually since 1967, but the Wildcats and Gators are not huge rivals in football despite that. Florida leads the series 54-21 and once won 31 straight over Kentucky. They meet this November in Lexington, Ky.

Meanwhile, UF leads the series with South Carolina 31-10. The teams played every season from 1992-2023, but when Oklahoma and Texas joined the SEC last year that stopped them from playing in 2024 and 2025.

Georgia claims four national titles and has won the SEC 15 times. Kentucky has won the SEC twice. One title came in 1950 when Bear Bryant was coach. The other in 1976 after UK picked up a forfeit win. South Carolina never has won the SEC.

Per Low, “The priorities in creating the schedules were protecting traditional rivalries, competitive fairness, rotational frequency and ensuring a home and away balance with a Power 4 non-conference opponent for the 2026 season. For example, Tennessee athletic director Danny White said Saturday that the Vols will be one of the teams to get five SEC home games in 2026. Tennessee plays a non-conference game on the road next year at Georgia Tech.”

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