2021 SEC football schedule: Alabama, Florida among exhibition games with dates set for next season



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A rematch of the 2020 SEC Championship game arrives in Week 3 of the 2021 season, as Florida host Alabama on September 18. The game between reigning National Champion Crimson Tide and the Gators is one of the first headliners on the SEC schedule, which was released in full on Wednesday.

The first week of the season will be entirely non-conference games, and the second week consists of just one game between the SEC teams, with Missouri playing Kentucky. But Week 3 will put Alabama and Florida in the spotlight as the two try to replace quarterbacks who were Heisman Trophy finalists in 2020. The Crimson Tide will have games against Miami (FL) and Mercer under their belt, while that Florida will enter the high stakes affair after playing FAU and South Florida.

This will be the first time Alabama have played inside The Swamp since 2011, and the Gators have been looking for a decade of revenge with a 0-7 score against the Tide since 2009.

While many of the league’s flagship non-conference games are scheduled for Week 1 of the season, Week 3 will bring an intriguing game for Auburn first-year coach Bryan Harsin. The Tigers are set to play at Penn State this week after Harsin gets to work with games against Akron and Alabama State in the opening weeks.

SEC fans looking to host fall weddings may want to target October 23 or October 30 as the date. Of the 14 teams in the league, 11 are expected to have byes on one of these two dates. Outliers are Ole Miss (September 25), Mississippi State (October 9), and Vanderbilt (November 6).

Take a look at the full schedule below.

2021 SEC Football Schedule

Week 1: September 4

Alabama vs. Miami (Atlanta)
Rice in Arkansas
Akron to Auburn
Florida Atlantic to Florida
Georgia vs. Clemson (Charlotte)
ULM in Kentucky
LSU at UCLA
Louisiana Tech in the State of Mississippi
Central Michigan in Missouri
Eastern Illinois in South Carolina
Bowling Green in Tennessee
Kent State at Texas A&M
East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt

Sep 6
Ole Miss vs. Louisville (Atlanta)

Week 2: September 11

Mercer in Alabama
Texas to Arkansas
State of Alabama in Auburn
Florida to South Florida
UAB in Georgia
Missouri in Kentucky
McNeese State at LSU
Austin Peay at Ole Miss
State NC to State of Mississippi
South Carolina to East Carolina
Pittsburgh, Tennessee
Texas A&M vs. Colorado (Denver)
Vanderbilt in Colorado State

Week 3: September 18

South Georgia to Arkansas
Auburn to Penn State
Alabama Florida
South Carolina and Georgia
Chattanooga, Kentucky
Central Michigan at LSU
Tulane and Ole Miss
Mississippi State in Memphis
SEMO in Missouri
Tennessee Tech in Tennessee
New Mexico to Texas A&M
Stanford to Vanderbilt

Week 4: September 25

Southern Miss in Alabama
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (Arlington)
Georgia State in Auburn
Tennessee to Florida
LSU to the State of Mississippi
Missouri at Boston College
Kentucky South Carolina
Georgia to Vanderbilt

Week 5: October 2

Ole Miss and Alabama
Arkansas and Georgia
Florida to Kentucky
Auburn at LSU
Tennessee, Missouri
Troy in South Carolina
Mississippi State to Texas A&M
UConn at Vanderbilt

Week 6: October 9

Georgia to Auburn
Vanderbilt in Florida
LSU in Kentucky
Arkansas to Ole Miss
North Texas to Missouri
South Carolina to Tennessee
Alabama at Texas A&M

Week 7: October 16

Auburn to Arkansas
Kentucky to Georgia
Florida to LSU
Alabama to Mississippi State
Texas A&M in Missouri
Vanderbilt in South Carolina
Ole Miss in Tennessee

Week 8: October 23

Tennessee to Alabama
UAPB in Arkansas
LSU at Ole Miss
South Carolina to Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt

Week 9: October 30

Ole Miss in Auburn
Georgia vs Florida (Jacksonville)
Kentucky to the State of Mississippi
Missouri to Vanderbilt

Week 10: November 6

LSU in Alabama
Mississippi State to Arkansas
Missouri and Georgia
Tennessee, Kentucky
Liberty and Ole Miss
Florida to South Carolina
Auburn at Texas A&M

Week 11: November 13

State of New Mexico in Alabama
Mississippi State in Auburn
Samford Florida
Arkansas to LSU
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
South Carolina to Missouri
Georgia in Tennessee
Kentucky in Vanderbilt

Week 12: November 20

Arkansas to Alabama
Charleston Southern to Georgia
State of New Mexico in Kentucky
ULM at LSU
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
State of Tennessee and State of Mississippi
Florida to Missouri
Auburn in South Carolina
Southern Alabama Tennessee
Prairie View at Texas A&M

Week 13: November 27

Missouri to Arkansas (Little Rock)
Alabama to Auburn
Florida State Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Kentucky to Louisville
Texas A&M at LSU
Ole Miss in Mississippi State
Clemson in South Carolina
Vanderbilt in Tennessee

Championship week: December 4

SEC Football Championship (Atlanta)



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