The Alabama Crimson Tide, the defending national champions, start the season in Atlanta on Sept. 4 against Miami (FL) as the SEC released its full 2021 football schedule on Wednesday.
The SEC mapped out a normal schedule, which includes a 13-week league slate and a 12-game schedule for each team. The SEC played a conference-only schedule in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and managed to play 69 of its 71 scheduled games.
“We are proud to have completed the 2020 football season under unique circumstances and will now focus on playing the 2021 football season as scheduled,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey in a release. “Circumstances around the COVID-19 virus will continue to guide our decision-making should any adjustments need to be made.”
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Other games of note in the schedule:
Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin makes his 2021 debut with the Tigers against Akron Sept. 4. But the Tigers have a significant non-conference game against Penn State two weeks later.
Most of the SEC schools play at least one Power 5 team this season, including LSU facing UCLA and Arkansas hosting Texas, a game that renews their old Southwest Conference rivalry.
Alabama drew Florida for one of its cross-divisions games. The rematch of the SEC Championship game is slated for Sept. 18 and will be held in Gainesville, Florida.
Georgia faces Clemson in Charlotte to start the season. In October the Bulldogs travel to Auburn for one its cross-divisional games. The annual game with Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, is set for Oct. 30.
The entire SEC schedule is below. Times are to be announced at a later date.
September 4
Alabama vs. Miami (Atlanta)
Rice at Arkansas
Akron at Auburn
Florida Atlantic at Florida
Georgia vs. Clemson (Charlotte)
ULM at Kentucky
LSU at UCLA
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State
Central Michigan at Missouri
Eastern Illinois at South Carolina
Bowling Green at Tennessee
Kent State at Texas A&M
East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt
September 6 (Monday)
Ole Miss vs. Louisville (Atlanta)
September 11
Mercer at Alabama
Texas at Arkansas
Alabama State at Auburn
Florida at South Florida
UAB at Georgia
Missouri at Kentucky
McNeese State at LSU
Austin Peay at Ole Miss
NC State at Mississippi State
South Carolina at East Carolina
Pittsburgh at Tennessee
Texas A&M vs. Colorado (Denver)
Vanderbilt at Colorado State
September 18
Georgia Southern at Arkansas
Auburn at Penn State
Alabama at Florida
South Carolina at Georgia
Chattanooga at Kentucky
Central Michigan at LSU
Tulane at Ole Miss
Mississippi State at Memphis
SEMO at Missouri
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee
New Mexico at Texas A&M
Stanford at Vanderbilt
September 25
Southern Miss at Alabama
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (Arlington)
Georgia State at Auburn
Tennessee at Florida
LSU at Mississippi State
Missouri at Boston College
Kentucky at South Carolina
Georgia at Vanderbilt
October 2
Ole Miss at Alabama
Arkansas at Georgia
Florida at Kentucky
Auburn at LSU
Tennessee at Missouri
Troy at South Carolina
Mississippi State at Texas A&M
UConn at Vanderbilt
October 9
Georgia at Auburn
Vanderbilt at Florida
LSU at Kentucky
Arkansas at Ole Miss
North Texas at Missouri
South Carolina at Tennessee
Alabama at Texas A&M
October 16
Auburn at Arkansas
Kentucky at Georgia
Florida at LSU
Alabama at Mississippi State
Texas A&M at Missouri
Vanderbilt at South Carolina
Ole Miss at Tennessee
October 23
Tennessee at Alabama
UAPB at Arkansas
LSU at Ole Miss
South Carolina at Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt
October 30
Ole Miss at Auburn
Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Kentucky at Mississippi State
Missouri at Vanderbilt
November 6
LSU at Alabama
Mississippi State at Arkansas
Missouri at Georgia
Tennessee at Kentucky
Liberty at Ole Miss
Florida at South Carolina
Auburn at Texas A&M
November 13
New Mexico State at Alabama
Mississippi State at Auburn
Samford at Florida
Arkansas at LSU
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
South Carolina at Missouri
Georgia at Tennessee
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
November 20
Arkansas at Alabama
Charleston Southern at Georgia
New Mexico State at Kentucky
ULM at LSU
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
Tennessee State at Mississippi State
Florida at Missouri
Auburn at South Carolina
South Alabama at Tennessee
Prairie View at Texas A&M
November 27
Missouri at Arkansas (Little Rock)
Alabama at Auburn
Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Kentucky at Louisville
Texas A&M at LSU
Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Clemson at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Dec. 4
SEC Football Championship (Atlanta)
