2015 SEC Football Schedule Announced

By Kevin Kelley -

The 2015 SEC Football Schedule was officially announced today on the SEC Network. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 12.

The 2015 schedule continues the SEC’s 8-game, 6-1-1 format. Beginning next season, the SEC will require each team to play at least one non-conference opponent from another Power Five league or Notre Dame.

Featured 2015 non-conference match-ups include Alabama vs. Wisconsin (at Arlington, TX), Texas Tech at Arkansas, Auburn vs. Louisville (at Atlanta, GA), Florida State at Florida, Georgia at Georgia Tech, Louisville at Kentucky, WKU at LSU, Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State, Missouri at Arkansas State, Fresno State at Ole Miss, Clemson at South Carolina, Oklahoma at Tennessee, Arizona State vs. Texas A&M (at Houston, TX), and WKU at Vanderbilt.

The 2015 SEC Championship Game will be played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 5.

2015 SEC Football Schedules
Composite schedule below.

East Division

West Division

2015 SEC Football Schedule (Composite)

Thursday, Sept. 3
South Carolina vs. North Carolina (at Charlotte, NC)

Saturday, Sept. 5
Alabama vs. Wisconsin (at Arlington, TX)
UTEP at Arkansas
Auburn vs. Louisville (at Atlanta, GA)
New Mexico State at Florida
UL Monroe at Georgia
UL Lafayette at Kentucky
McNeese State at LSU
UT Martin at Ole Miss
Mississippi State at Southern Miss
SE Missouri State at Missouri
UAB at Tennessee (at Nashville TN)
Texas A&M vs. Arizona State (at Houston, TX)
Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Saturday, Sept. 12
Middle Tennessee at Alabama
Toledo at Arkansas (at Little Rock, AR)
Jacksonville State at Auburn
East Carolina at Florida
Georgia at Vanderbilt
Kentucky at South Carolina
LSU at Mississippi State
Fresno State at Ole Miss
Missouri at Arkansas State
Oklahoma at Tennessee
Ball State at Texas A&M

Saturday, Sept. 19
Ole Miss at Alabama
Texas Tech at Arkansas
Auburn at LSU
Florida at Kentucky
South Carolina at Georgia
Northwestern State at Mississippi State
UConn at Missouri
Western Carolina at Tennessee
Nevada at Texas A&M
Austin Peay at Vanderbilt

Saturday, Sept. 26
UL Monroe at Alabama
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (at Arlington, TX)
Mississippi State at Auburn
Tennessee at Florida
Southern at Georgia
Missouri at Kentucky
LSU at Syracuse
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
Central Florida at South Carolina

Saturday, Oct. 3
Alabama at Georgia
Arkansas at Tennessee
San Jose State at Auburn
Ole Miss at Florida
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky
Eastern Michigan at LSU
Mississippi State at Texas A&M
South Carolina at Missouri
Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee

Saturday, Oct. 10
Arkansas at Alabama
Florida at Missouri
Georgia at Tennessee
LSU at South Carolina
New Mexico State at Ole Miss
Troy at Mississippi State

Thursday, Oct. 15
Auburn at Kentucky

Saturday, Oct. 17
Alabama at Texas A&M
Florida at LSU
Missouri at Georgia
Ole Miss at Memphis
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State
Vanderbilt at South Carolina

Saturday, Oct. 24
Tennessee at Alabama
Auburn at Arkansas
Western Kentucky at LSU
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Kentucky at Mississippi State
Missouri at Vanderbilt

Saturday, Oct. 31
UT Martin at Arkansas
Ole Miss at Auburn
Florida vs. Georgia (at Jacksonville, FL)
Tennessee at Kentucky
South Carolina at Texas A&M
Vanderbilt at Houston

Thursday, Nov. 5
Mississippi State at Missouri

Saturday, Nov. 7
LSU at Alabama
Arkansas at Ole Miss
Auburn at Texas A&M
Vanderbilt at Florida
Kentucky at Georgia
South Carolina at Tennessee

Saturday, Nov. 14
Alabama at Mississippi State
Arkansas at LSU
Georgia at Auburn
Florida at South Carolina
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
TBA at Missouri
North Texas at Tennessee
Western Carolina at Texas A&M

Saturday, Nov. 21
Charleston Southern at Alabama
Mississippi State at Arkansas
Idaho at Auburn
Florida Atlantic at Florida
Georgia Southern at Georgia
UNC Charlotte at Kentucky
LSU at Ole Miss
Tennessee at Missouri
Citadel at South Carolina
Texas A&M at Vanderbilt

Friday, Nov. 27
Missouri at Arkansas

Saturday, Nov. 28
Alabama at Auburn
Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Louisville at Kentucky
Texas A&M at LSU
Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Clemson at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Tennessee

Saturday, December 5
SEC Football Championship (at Atlanta, GA)

2015 SEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Team-by-Team

Alabama Crimson Tide
09/05 – Wisconsin (at Arlington, TX)
09/12 – MIDDLE TENNESSEE
09/19 – OLE MISS
09/26 – UL MONROE
10/03 – at Georgia
10/10 – ARKANSAS
10/17 – at Texas A&M
10/24 – TENNESSEE
10/31 – Open date
11/07 – LSU
11/14 – at Mississippi State
11/21 – CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
11/28 – at Auburn

Arkansas Razorbacks
09/05 – UTEP
09/12 – TOLEDO (at Little Rock, AR)
09/19 – TEXAS TECH
09/26 – Texas A&M (at Arlington, TX)
10/03 – at Tennessee
10/10 – at Alabama
10/17 – Open date
10/24 – AUBURN
10/31 – UT MARTIN
11/07 – at Ole Miss
11/14 – at LSU
11/21 – MISSISSIPPI STATE
11/27 – MISSOURI

Auburn Tigers
09/05 – Louisville (at Atlanta,. GA)
09/12 – JACKSONVILLE STATE
09/19 – at LSU
09/26 – MISSISSIPPI STATE
10/03 – SAN JOSE STATE
10/10 – Open date
10/15 – at Kentucky (Thursday)
10/24 – at Arkansas
10/31 – OLE MISS
11/07 – at Texas A&M
11/14 – GEORGIA
11/21 – IDAHO
11/28 – ALABAMA

Florida Gators
09/05 – NEW MEXICO STATE
09/12 – EAST CAROLINA
09/19 – at Kentucky
09/26 – TENNESSEE
10/03 – OLE MISS
10/10 – at Missouri
10/17 – at LSU
10/24 – Open date
10/31 – Georgia (at Jacksonville, FL)
11/07 – VANDERBILT
11/14 – at South Carolina
11/21 – FLORIDA ATLANTIC
11/28 – FLORIDA STATE

Georgia Bulldogs
09/05 – UL MONROE
09/12 – at Vanderbilt
09/19 – SOUTH CAROLINA
09/26 – SOUTHERN
10/03 – ALABAMA
10/10 – at Tennessee
10/17 – MISSOURI
10/24 – Open date
10/31 – Florida (at Jacksonville, FL)
11/07 – KENTUCKY
11/14 – at Auburn
11/21 – GEORGIA SOUTHERN
11/28 – at Georgia Tech

Kentucky Wildcats
09/05 – UL LAFAYETTE
09/12 – at South Carolina
09/19 – FLORIDA
09/26 – MISSOURI
10/03 – EASTERN KENTUCKY
10/10 – Open date
10/15 – AUBURN (Thursday)
10/24 – at Mississippi State
10/31 – TENNESSEE
11/07 – at Georgia
11/14 – at Vanderbilt
11/21 – UNC CHARLOTTE
11/28 – LOUISVILLE

LSU Tigers
09/05 – McNEESE STATE
09/12 – at Mississippi State
09/19 – AUBURN
09/26 – at Syracuse
10/03 – EASTERN MICHIGAN
10/10 – at South Carolina
10/17 – FLORIDA
10/24 – WESTERN KENTUCKY
10/31 – Open date
11/07 – at Alabama
11/14 – ARKANSAS
11/21 – at Ole Miss
11/28 – TEXAS A&M

Ole Miss Rebels
09/05 – UT MARTIN
09/12 – FRESNO STATE
09/19 – at Alabama
09/26 – VANDERBILT
10/03 – at Florida
10/10 – NEW MEXICO STATE
10/17 – at Memphis
10/24 – TEXAS A&M
10/31 – at Auburn
11/07 – ARKANSAS
11/14 – Open date
11/21 – LSU
11/28 – at Mississippi State

Mississippi State Bulldogs
09/05 – at Southern Miss
09/12 – LSU
09/19 – NORTHWESTERN STATE
09/26 – at Auburn
10/03 – at Texas A&M
10/10 – TROY
10/17 – LOUISIANA TECH
10/24 – KENTUCKY
10/31 – Open date
11/05 – at Missouri (Thursday)
11/14 – ALABAMA
11/21 – at Arkansas
11/28 – OLE MISS

Missouri Tigers
09/05 – SE MISSOURI STATE
09/12 – at Arkansas State
09/19 – UCONN
09/26 – at Kentucky
10/03 – SOUTH CAROLINA
10/10 – FLORIDA
10/17 – at Georgia
10/24 – at Vanderbilt
10/31 – Open date
11/05 – MISSISSIPPI STATE (Thursday)
11/14 – TBA
11/21 – TENNESSEE
11/27 – at Arkansas

South Carolina Gamecocks
09/03 – North Carolina (Thursday, at Charlotte, NC)
09/12 – KENTUCKY
09/19 – at Georgia
09/26 – UCF
10/03 – at Missouri
10/10 – LSU
10/17 – VANDERBILT
10/24 – Open date
10/31 – at Texas A&M
11/07 – at Tennessee
11/14 – FLORIDA
11/21 – THE CITADEL
11/28 – CLEMSON

Tennessee Volunteers
09/05 – UAB (at Nashville, TN)
09/12 – OKLAHOMA
09/19 – WESTERN CAROLINA
09/26 – at Florida
10/03 – ARKANSAS
10/10 – GEORGIA
10/17 – Open date
10/24 – at Alabama
10/31 – at Kentucky
11/07 – SOUTH CAROLINA
11/14 – NORTH TEXAS
11/21 – at Missouri
11/28 – VANDERBILT

Texas A&M Aggies
09/05 – Arizona State (at Houston, TX)
09/12 – BALL STATE
09/19 – NEVADA
09/26 – Arkansas (at Arlington, TX)
10/03 – MISSISSIPPI STATE
10/10 – Open date
10/17 – ALABAMA
10/24 – at Ole Miss
10/31 – SOUTH CAROLINA
11/07 – AUBURN
11/14 – WESTERN CAROLINA
11/21 – at Vanderbilt
11/28 – at LSU

Vanderbilt Commodores
09/05 – WESTERN KENTUCKY
09/12 – GEORGIA
09/19 – AUSTIN PEAY
09/26 – at Ole Miss
10/03 – at Middle Tennessee
10/10 – Open date
10/17 – at South Carolina
10/24 – MISSOURI
10/31 – at Houston
11/07 – at Florida
11/14 – KENTUCKY
11/21 – TEXAS A&M
11/28 – at Tennessee

Comments (18)

Is Missouri trying to hook up with Miami-FL?

Or will Mizzo go without playing a P5 non-conference opponent, as Vandy and the two Missi schools are.

That weak scheduling which won’t go unnoticed by the playoff committee.

There have been suggestions from the BYU HC that Missouri might be an opponent next year and November 14 is workable.

BYU doesn’t have November 14th as a open date so I don’t know who Missouri will play then??

UNLV is a friend of BYU. There are a few schools, who get a BYU H&H as a result, that tentatively schedule BYU as late as they possibly can with agreement it can be pulled forward before their conference (MWC) schedule is done. MTSU was a similar flex game for BYU in 2014. SJSU and NIU are similar games in the near future. ECU (2015 & 2017) had already changed dates several times.

BYU has 12 games scheduled in 2015. But if they cancel the10/24 game versus Idaho St (FCS), they could play Missouri in 10/31. I would suspect BYU would want the game in Provo so they can have a balanced home and road schedule. (Idaho St also plays Boise St in 2015 so losing BYU on their schedule wouldn’t be huge loss for the Bengals…as long as they get their cancel fee).

From St Louis Today:
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-s-sec-schedule-includes-thursday-home-game/article_0c01add9-61a9-5cec-8183-0da8c80af5df.html

“Last week, Brigham Young coach Bronco Mendenhall mentioned on his radio show the possibility of playing at Mizzou in 2015 as part of a three-game series. The other games would be in Provo, Utah, on BYU’s home field, and a neutral-site game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium. Mendenhall later backed off his statement some and said he was just talking hypothetically, but Maggard confirmed that MU has discussed a possible series with BYU along with several other teams.

Starting in 2016, SEC teams are required to schedule at least one nonconference game against a team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Pac-12. BYU, an independent, would not qualify as a power conference opponent under the SEC’s mandate.

Last week, the Charleston Gazette reported that West Virginia could play at Missouri in 2016. The Mountaineers, a Big 12 program, would meet the SEC’s requirement. “

Kevin had a sharp eye earlier and spotted a posted schedule had the TBD 11/14 and an open date 10/31.

You mean “starting in 2016”, because Miss, MSU, and at the moment-Mizzou, don’t have P5 games. Miss and MSU’s are particularly embarrassing. South Carolina definitely has the “Auburn schedule” next year. UNC, UCF, & Clemson make that a pretty decent OOC. Citadel’s a stinker, but at least their FCS games are local-homers.

How the hell did Texas A&M luck into playing Vandy AGAIN? They played them in 2013. The pairings were fine except it should have been Tennessee vs Texas A&M (never played in SEC) & Vandy vs Arkansas. Makes zero sense.

Normally SEC teams will play home/n/home but due to scheduling conflicts, Vandy played at Texas A&M 2013 & they did not play this year so A&M is going back to Nashville to play Vandy in 2015. Tennessee will be traveling to A&M in 2016 & A&M back to Knoxville in 2017.

1. So if Mizzo plays BYU on 11/14 in 2015, Byu will need to cancel the UNLV game. So who might UNLV play?

2. With both the 2015 UF-NM St and Missi-NM St games reconfirmed today, the Aggies must cancel either BC, NM or UTEP. Both NM St and UTEP are rivalry games so I expect neither of those games being cancelled. But it was recently posted here the 2015 BC-NM St game is still on. But one of the games must be dropped. Any update on this?

3. If the BC-NM St game is cancelled, could Mizzo and Boston College end up hooking up?

4. Otherwise who might the Eagles schedule? Some possibilities:

* San Diego St needs 2 (or 3) games.

* Three other MWC programs have Hawaii exceptions available.

* NM, FIU, ULL and Texas St each have a TBA and only a single P5 opponent scheduled.

* Following are programs with a TBA but with two P5 opponents scheduled:
UCF, ECU, SMU, Tulane, Bowling Green, West Mich, Rice, Lou Tech, So Miss, North Texas, ULM (w/ Hawaii exception).

Or would BC opt out like NC did, and schedule two games versus FCS opponents? That’s the weak way out and certainly has a negative impact on the ACC’s SOS. Opposite of what was expected when ND began scheduling five games versus ACC opponents.

“South Carolina definitely has the “Auburn schedule” next year.”

SC certainly has a quality non-conference schedule next season. But an “Auburn schedule” is not a non-conference schedule to be proud of.

SC has the advantage of rivalry game versus Clemson every season. The Gamecocks need to go beyond that, similar to what Clemson does. Avoid overdosing on SunBelt/CUSA/FCS.

Add Vandy to MS, MS St & MO. 8xP-5 + Western KY (1A) + Austin Peay (1AA) + Middle TN (1A) + Houston (1A).

Need a nine game sec schedule. Glad that Mike Slive is gone, he should have worked on getting together a nine game sec schedule, everybody is tired of seeing Florida v. LSU, Mizzou v. A&M, We need nine game SEC schedule, if not the SEC commissioner needs to make a nine game SEC schedule, get your head together, Mr. Commissioner, you’re a freaken idiot, nobody wants Bama playing MTSU or freaken Western Kentucky, get you act together man. You’re stupid. The college football playoff needs to be like the NFL, Ohio State shouldn’t have won it last year, they got lucky. Bama should’ve clomped them, b/c Bama beat the tar out of Florida in 2009 when they had Tim Tebow. Bama had a bad offense, Blake Sims wasn’t too good, Saban should had Kiffin fired, if the offense is mediocre, Kiffin needs to be let go, he should have hired JIm Harbaugh as a offensive coorinator. If Bama doesn’t the national championship this year, I’ll be pointing the fingers at Kiffin.

The REFing in the SEC is quite poor. The calls for targeting are so out of control. This is football where some hits are going to be little high or a helmet may knock together. But you are severely changing the game to where these kids don’t hit or wrap up the player properly. Maybe a softening of the targeting rule and call it a personnel foul for the first offense in the game and then kick the kid out on second or third offense.