Hogs’ 2026-2029 SEC Opponents Unveiled

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference on Tuesday announced the opponents and sites for SEC football games for the 2026 through 2029 seasons.

The SEC will play a nine-game conference schedule starting with the 2026 season.  In the new format, each SEC school will play every other SEC school at least once every two years, and every opponent home and away over a four-year period, making it the fairest and most balanced schedule in the history of the conference.

Under the new format, each SEC program will play three annual opponents focused on maintaining many traditional rivalries, and each team’s remaining six games will rotate among the remaining conference schools. The SEC will continue with a single-standings, non-divisional structure.

The Razorbacks’ three annual opponents during the 2026-2029 seasons will be rivals LSU, Missouri, and Texas. Arkansas will host LSU and Missouri in 2026 and 2028 and Texas in 2027 and 2029. The Razorbacks will visit LSU and Missouri in odd-numbered years and visit Texas in even-numbered years.

More information on the Razorbacks’ schedule can be found below. Dates and times of each matchup will be released at a later date.

Arkansas SEC Schedules 2026-2029

* – Denotes Annual Opponent

Annual Opponents

• Annual opponents were determined with consideration given to traditional rivalries, competitive fairness, geography and alignment with existing non-conference home/away commitments
• Annual opponents will be evaluated after each four-year cycle to maintain continued competitive balance

Rotating Opponents

• The remaining six conference games will come from a rotating pool of the other conference teams
• The rotating schedule is designed so that a team will play every other conference opponent at least once every two years and twice (once at home and once away) over a four-year period

Balance

• With nine conference games, eight schools will play five home games each season and eight schools will play four home games
• Home/away determination was made with the intent of providing seven home games for each school while balancing existing home/away commitments to annual non-conference rivalry games.
• To meet the scheduling priorities established by the conference and its members, the 2026 conference schedule includes cases where schools play at the same venue in back-to-back years. This has occurred in the past when the SEC has changed football scheduling formats.

Strength of Schedule (CFP Participation)

• The College Football Playoff has adjusted its schedule strength metric to apply greater weight to games against strong opponents. An additional metric rewards teams for defeating high-quality opponents while minimizing the penalty for losing to such a team.
• An additional SEC game, combined with the A4 non-conference scheduling requirement, improves these strength of schedule metrics for every SEC school to enhance consideration in the CFP selection process.

Home/Away Construction

• With nine Conference games, eight schools will play five home Conference games each season and eight schools will play four home Conference games.
• Schools with five home Conference games in 2026 will play four home Conference games in 2027 and will alternate similarly in years going forward.
• Schools with four home Conference games in 2026 will play five home Conference games in 2027 and will alternate similarly in years going forward.
• Home/away determination for 2026 was made with the goal of providing each school seven home games while balancing existing annual non-conference rivalry commitments (i.e., Georgia–Georgia Tech, Florida–Florida State, Kentucky–Louisville, South Carolina–Clemson).
• The only exceptions to every team having seven home games in their stadium relate to the two neutral-site games (Florida–Georgia, Oklahoma–Texas).
• Each school will have seven home games in its campus stadium if all three non-conference opponents are scheduled at home.
• To meet the scheduling priorities established by the conference and its members, the 2026 conference schedule includes cases where schools play at the same venue in back-to-back years. This occurred in the past when the SEC changed schedule formats.

Arkansas returns home to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium to close out the non-conference portion of its 2025 schedule against Notre Dame this weekend. Kickoff in the first meeting in history between the Razorbacks and Fighting Irish is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, on ABC.

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