SEC EAST SCHEDULES
FLORIDA GATORS
Michigan Wolverines: 9/2/17 @ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX
Northern Colorado Bears: 9/9/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 9/16/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 9/23/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/30/17
LSU Tigers: 10/7/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/28/17 @ Everbank Field in Jacksonville, FL
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/4/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 11/11/17
UAB Blazers: 11/18/17
Florida State Seminoles: 11/25/17
Wow. Florida has three away games. Three. Incidentally at least two of them will probably be their weakest games of the season. Kentucky may surprise everyone, but I wouldn't look for it. Florida plays two tough West opponents in LSU and A&M provided that they can both get their acts together. Florida has a pretty simple schedule, Northern Colorado and UAB please, and can probably run the tables in the East again if Georgia or Tennessee don't miraculously have their "year".
GEORGIA BULLDOGS
Appalachian State Mountaineers: 9/2/17
@ Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 9/9/17
Samford Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 9/30/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/7/17
Missouri Tigers: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Florida Gators: 10/28/17 @ EverBank Field in Jacksonville, FL
South Carolina Gamecocks: 11/4/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/11/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/18/17
@ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia has five away games this season, and they might have reason to be concerned about all but one of them. If you think I'm talking about Vandy think again. I'm talking about Notre Dame. The Irish went 4-8 last season, to be fair a lot of those were close losses, but I'm not looking for them to bounce back this season. Georgia is off the week before the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and I expect that to be a deciding moment in the East Championship decision this season.
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
@ Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 9/2/17
Eastern Kentucky Colonels: 9/9/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/16/17
Florida Gators: 9/23/17
Eastern Michigan Eagles: 9/30/17
Missouri Tigers: 10/7/17
OFF: 10/14/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/21/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/28/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/4/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/11/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Louisville Cardinals: 11/25/17
Kentucky I often feel badly for. I mean sure they have a few pansy match-ups but look at that second half of the season schedule. I'd take that off week too. Six difficult match-ups including both of the Mississippi teams in the West. Kentucky could surprise us all and make a run for it, after all they were in talk for the East last season and they also upset No. 11 Louisville at their home stadium and shocked everyone. Kentucky's time is coming.
MISSOURI TIGERS
Missouri State Bears: 9/2/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/9/17
Purdue Boilermakers: 9/16/17
Auburn Tigers: 9/23/17
OFF: 9/30/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/7/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 10/14/17
Idaho Vandals: 10/21/17
@ UConn Huskies: 10/28/17
Florida Gators: 11/4/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 11/11/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/18/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/25/17
Mizzou has pretty much made a name for themselves at the bottom of the East. I mean since their pretty good first few years and even an East Championship game, they haven't really done much else. They went 4-8 last season and 2-6 in conference play beating only Vandy and Arkansas from the West. Their schedule is much the same and with five away games and tough home games, I see Mizzou at the bottom again.
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS
NC State Wolfpack: 9/2/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/9/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 9/16/17
LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 9/30/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/7/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/28/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 11/4/17
Florida Gators: 11/11/17
Wofford Terriers: 11/18/17
Clemson Tigers: 11/25/17
Oof. South Carolina. Their schedule is definitely doable if they can turn things around. A&M and Arkansas are up in the air every year whether or not they're going to be good or not, so the Gamecocks could very well beat both of them. Of course they, as well as Auburn, must contend with the reigning National Champs Clemson. I forsee Clemson beating them both, but we'll see.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 9/4/17
Indiana State Sycamores: 9/9/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/16/17
UMass Minutemen: 9/23/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/14/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/21/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/18/17
Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 11/4/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/11/17
LSU Tigers: 11/18/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/25/17
Tennessee really has a pretty favorable schedule if you don't include Alabama and LSU. Most of their tough East match-ups are at home, the only exception is Florida, so realistically they could make a run for it. And when I say run for it, I mean run for the East. That's all. Kentucky did give them a hard time last year and Vandy beat them, Tennessee does have a tendency to fall apart when the chips are down. So we'll see what happens.
VANDERBILT COMMODORES
@ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: 9/2/17
Alabama A&M Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Kansas State Wildcats: 9/16/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/23/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/30/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/7/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/28/17
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: 11/4/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/11/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/18/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/25/17
Vandy used to be perpetually at the bottom of the SEC East before Missouri came along. Now Vandy sometimes looks like they might be on their way to a good season. They have it rough with Alabama and Kansas State coming to town, although it's good that they're getting both of those at home. I'm sure Vandy would much rather play them home than at Bryant-Denny or Snyder Family Stadium. They upset Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee last season all of which they play again this season. We'll see what Vandy can do.
Alright! Let's go West young man!
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Florida State Seminoles: 9/2/17 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Fresno State Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Colorado State Rams: 9/16/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/23/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 9/30/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/7/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/14/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
LSU Tigers: 11/4/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/11/17
Mercer Bears: 11/18/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/25/17
Ah Alabama. For the more than likely most powerful team in the country starting out, they sure do have a favorable schedule. Now with all of these things it's important to note that we'll have to see how all the teams do before we make judgments, but based on this they're pressed to go to the playoff again. Three easy home games against pansies, Away games are also pretty easy, except the Iron Bowl you just never know with that one, but for the most part Alabama has it made. The only place that might give them trouble is the little stretch with Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee back to back. I don't see it being an issue, but again we'll just have to see.
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Florida A&M Rattlers: 8/31/17
TCU Horned Frogs: 9/9/17
OFF: 9/16/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 9/23/17
New Mexico State Aggies: 9/30/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks
@ Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers: 10/21/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/28/17
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: 11/4/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/11/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/25/17
I'm going to be honest Arkansas has a tough schedule. And if they don't do any better than they did last year they're going to have a big problem. Look at it. Really. TCU before an off date, okay. Good. Then they have a brutal SEC schedule, one right after another. Away games at Bryant-Denny, Tiger Stadium, and Vaught-Hemingway? That's awful. Lucky for them they get Auburn, A&M, and TCU at home. The others they can probably win. If they're good this year.
AUBURN TIGERS
Georgia Southern Eagles: 9/2/17
@ Clemson Tigers: 9/9/17
Mercer Bears: 9/16/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/23/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/30/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 10/7/17
@ LSU Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 11/4/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 11/11/17
ULM Warhawks:11/18/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/25/17
Ah yes. Here we are. The team that I love. Honestly the first half of the season is pretty doable, except for that away game against Clemson whose idea was that?? Mercer sure has it rough having to play both Alabama and Auburn in the same season, but whatever. Then we hit that LSU game in Tiger Stadium... then at Arkansas, then at Texas A&M. The only thing that makes this okay is that we get both Georgia and Alabama at home. That might make the bleeding go down a little.
LSU TIGERS
BYU Cougars: 9/2/17 @ NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
Chattanooga Mocs: 9/9/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Syracuse Orange: 9/23/17
Troy Trojans: 9/30/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/7/17
Auburn Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/4/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/11/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/18/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/25/17
Well LSU scheduled all their pansies at the start of the season to give them a headstart going into the second half of which they probably won't come out alive. They legitimately scheduled all of their SEC opponents in the second half all at the same time. Why LSU? I mean there's no way they're losing to BYU or Chattanooga or Syracuse or Troy and probably not Florida, so they'll be walking tall going into that game against Auburn. It's gonna be rough for LSU. I mean they get Auburn, Bama, Ole Miss, and Tennessee at home so maybe that's good. But the rest, I dunno we'll see.
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
Charleston Southern Buccaneers: 9/2/17
@ LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/9/17
LSU Tigers: 9/16/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
BYU Cougars: 10/14/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 10/21/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/28/17
UMass Minutemen: 11/4/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/11/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/18/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/23/17
Mississippi State is probably going to be just good enough to get into a bowl again this year, and a win against Ole Miss will keep Dan Mullen around another year. They love him there. They play away at Georgia and Auburn which is hard, but they get Ole Miss, Alabama, and LSU at home. The rest of their schedule is actually pretty favorable so we'll see what they do.
OLE MISS REBELS
South Alabama Jaguars: 9/2/17
UT Martin Skyhawks: 9/9/17
@ Cal Golden Bears: 9/16/17
OFF: 9/23/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/30/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 10/7/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/14/17
LSU Tigers: 10/21/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/28/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 11/4/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 11/11/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/18/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/23/17
Hahahahahaha. Ole Miss is gonna have a rough year. At Alabama and Auburn in back-to-back weeks?? Poor Ole Miss. They get LSU, Arkansas, and A&M at home but my confidence in Ole Miss' football program is pretty much shot. It's not like if they win it'll matter. I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't pay your players kids.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
@ UCLA Bruins: 9/2/17 @ Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Nicholls State Colonels: 9/9/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 9/16/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 9/23/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/30/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/7/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/28/17
Auburn Tigers: 11/4/17
New Mexico Lobos: 11/11/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 11/18/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/25/17
A&M has a favorable enough schedule. They could lose to UCLA especially at basically a home game for them, but then again A&M might pull it out. Their home schedule is smooth sailing. All of their hard games except maybe LSU are at home. Alabama and Auburn, and South Carolina. Now Florida will hurt, Ole Miss won't, LSU probably will. If A&M doesn't improve this will be Kevin Sumlin's final year.
So there you have it, my take on all 14 SEC schedules for next season. Turned out to be way longer than I had hoped for, but whatever.
Until next time college football fans, and dad, see you!
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 9/4/17
Indiana State Sycamores: 9/9/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/16/17
UMass Minutemen: 9/23/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/14/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/21/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 10/18/17
Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 11/4/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 11/11/17
LSU Tigers: 11/18/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 11/25/17
Tennessee really has a pretty favorable schedule if you don't include Alabama and LSU. Most of their tough East match-ups are at home, the only exception is Florida, so realistically they could make a run for it. And when I say run for it, I mean run for the East. That's all. Kentucky did give them a hard time last year and Vandy beat them, Tennessee does have a tendency to fall apart when the chips are down. So we'll see what happens.
VANDERBILT COMMODORES
@ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: 9/2/17
Alabama A&M Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Kansas State Wildcats: 9/16/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/23/17
@ Florida Gators: 9/30/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 10/7/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks: 10/28/17
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: 11/4/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 11/11/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/18/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/25/17
Vandy used to be perpetually at the bottom of the SEC East before Missouri came along. Now Vandy sometimes looks like they might be on their way to a good season. They have it rough with Alabama and Kansas State coming to town, although it's good that they're getting both of those at home. I'm sure Vandy would much rather play them home than at Bryant-Denny or Snyder Family Stadium. They upset Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee last season all of which they play again this season. We'll see what Vandy can do.
Alright! Let's go West young man!
SEC WEST SCHEDULES
Florida State Seminoles: 9/2/17 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
Fresno State Bulldogs: 9/9/17
Colorado State Rams: 9/16/17
@ Vanderbilt Commodores: 9/23/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 9/30/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/7/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/14/17
Tennessee Volunteers: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
LSU Tigers: 11/4/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/11/17
Mercer Bears: 11/18/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 11/25/17
Ah Alabama. For the more than likely most powerful team in the country starting out, they sure do have a favorable schedule. Now with all of these things it's important to note that we'll have to see how all the teams do before we make judgments, but based on this they're pressed to go to the playoff again. Three easy home games against pansies, Away games are also pretty easy, except the Iron Bowl you just never know with that one, but for the most part Alabama has it made. The only place that might give them trouble is the little stretch with Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Tennessee back to back. I don't see it being an issue, but again we'll just have to see.
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Florida A&M Rattlers: 8/31/17
TCU Horned Frogs: 9/9/17
OFF: 9/16/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 9/23/17
New Mexico State Aggies: 9/30/17
@ South Carolina Gamecocks
@ Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers: 10/21/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/28/17
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: 11/4/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/11/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/18/17
Missouri Tigers: 11/25/17
I'm going to be honest Arkansas has a tough schedule. And if they don't do any better than they did last year they're going to have a big problem. Look at it. Really. TCU before an off date, okay. Good. Then they have a brutal SEC schedule, one right after another. Away games at Bryant-Denny, Tiger Stadium, and Vaught-Hemingway? That's awful. Lucky for them they get Auburn, A&M, and TCU at home. The others they can probably win. If they're good this year.
AUBURN TIGERS
Georgia Southern Eagles: 9/2/17
@ Clemson Tigers: 9/9/17
Mercer Bears: 9/16/17
@ Missouri Tigers: 9/23/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/30/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 10/7/17
@ LSU Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 11/4/17
Georgia Bulldogs: 11/11/17
ULM Warhawks:11/18/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/25/17
Ah yes. Here we are. The team that I love. Honestly the first half of the season is pretty doable, except for that away game against Clemson whose idea was that?? Mercer sure has it rough having to play both Alabama and Auburn in the same season, but whatever. Then we hit that LSU game in Tiger Stadium... then at Arkansas, then at Texas A&M. The only thing that makes this okay is that we get both Georgia and Alabama at home. That might make the bleeding go down a little.
LSU TIGERS
BYU Cougars: 9/2/17 @ NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
Chattanooga Mocs: 9/9/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 9/16/17
Syracuse Orange: 9/23/17
Troy Trojans: 9/30/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/7/17
Auburn Tigers: 10/14/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 10/21/17
OFF: 10/28/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/4/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/11/17
@ Tennessee Volunteers: 11/18/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/25/17
Well LSU scheduled all their pansies at the start of the season to give them a headstart going into the second half of which they probably won't come out alive. They legitimately scheduled all of their SEC opponents in the second half all at the same time. Why LSU? I mean there's no way they're losing to BYU or Chattanooga or Syracuse or Troy and probably not Florida, so they'll be walking tall going into that game against Auburn. It's gonna be rough for LSU. I mean they get Auburn, Bama, Ole Miss, and Tennessee at home so maybe that's good. But the rest, I dunno we'll see.
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
Charleston Southern Buccaneers: 9/2/17
@ LA Tech Bulldogs: 9/9/17
LSU Tigers: 9/16/17
@ Georgia Bulldogs: 9/23/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 9/30/17
OFF: 10/7/17
BYU Cougars: 10/14/17
Kentucky Wildcats: 10/21/17
@ Texas A&M Aggies: 10/28/17
UMass Minutemen: 11/4/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 11/11/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 11/18/17
Ole Miss Rebels: 11/23/17
Mississippi State is probably going to be just good enough to get into a bowl again this year, and a win against Ole Miss will keep Dan Mullen around another year. They love him there. They play away at Georgia and Auburn which is hard, but they get Ole Miss, Alabama, and LSU at home. The rest of their schedule is actually pretty favorable so we'll see what they do.
OLE MISS REBELS
South Alabama Jaguars: 9/2/17
UT Martin Skyhawks: 9/9/17
@ Cal Golden Bears: 9/16/17
OFF: 9/23/17
@ Alabama Crimson Tide: 9/30/17
@ Auburn Tigers: 10/7/17
Vanderbilt Commodores: 10/14/17
LSU Tigers: 10/21/17
Arkansas Razorbacks: 10/28/17
@ Kentucky Wildcats: 11/4/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 11/11/17
Texas A&M Aggies: 11/18/17
@ Mississippi State Bulldogs: 11/23/17
Hahahahahaha. Ole Miss is gonna have a rough year. At Alabama and Auburn in back-to-back weeks?? Poor Ole Miss. They get LSU, Arkansas, and A&M at home but my confidence in Ole Miss' football program is pretty much shot. It's not like if they win it'll matter. I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't pay your players kids.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
@ UCLA Bruins: 9/2/17 @ Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Nicholls State Colonels: 9/9/17
UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns: 9/16/17
@ Arkansas Razorbacks: 9/23/17
South Carolina Gamecocks: 9/30/17
Alabama Crimson Tide: 10/7/17
@ Florida Gators: 10/14/17
OFF: 10/21/17
Mississippi State Bulldogs: 10/28/17
Auburn Tigers: 11/4/17
New Mexico Lobos: 11/11/17
@ Ole Miss Rebels: 11/18/17
@ LSU Tigers: 11/25/17
A&M has a favorable enough schedule. They could lose to UCLA especially at basically a home game for them, but then again A&M might pull it out. Their home schedule is smooth sailing. All of their hard games except maybe LSU are at home. Alabama and Auburn, and South Carolina. Now Florida will hurt, Ole Miss won't, LSU probably will. If A&M doesn't improve this will be Kevin Sumlin's final year.
So there you have it, my take on all 14 SEC schedules for next season. Turned out to be way longer than I had hoped for, but whatever.
Until next time college football fans, and dad, see you!
