Shane Beamer favors 9-game SEC schedule
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On Thursday, the SEC announced that starting in 2026, all member programs will move from eight to nine conference games each season. To preserve tradition, each
Aspects of the nine-game schedule include the league sticking with its non-divisional structure, each school playing three annual opponents with a focus on traditional rivalries, the other six opponents on a rotation and facing every SEC opponent at least once every two years and every opponent home and away in four years.
Beginning in 2026, SEC teams will have 3 permanent rivals and 6 rotating opponents in conference play. Each team will still be required to play a Power Conference opponent in nonconference play, though the difference now is that means 10 Power Conference opponents per year are required in the SEC instead of 9.
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South Carolina reached the 2010 SEC Championship Game, and subsequently enjoyed the first, and only, 11-wins seasons in program history, back-to-back-to-back in 2011-13.
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