A 2020 SEC Championship Game rematch is arriving in Week 3 of the 2021 season, as Florida will host Alabama on September 18. The fight between current national champion Crimson Tide and the Gators is one of the first attractions on the SEC’s schedule, which was released in full on Wednesday.
The first week of the season will consist entirely of non-conference games, and the second week features just one game between SEC teams with Missouri playing in Kentucky. But Week 3 will put Alabama and Florida in the spotlight, as both will try to replace the defenders who were finalists for the Heisman Trophy in 2020. The Crimson Tide will have games against Miami (FL) and Mercer under their command, while Florida will enter the case high stakes having played in the FAU and in South Florida.
It will be the first time Alabama has been playing inside The Swamp since 2011, and the Gators have been looking for a decade of revenge with a 0-7 mark against Tide since 2009.
While many of the league’s major non-conference games are scheduled for the first week of the season, Week 3 will bring an intriguing game to Auburn coach Bryan Harsin’s first year. The Tigers are scheduled to play at Penn State that week, after Harsin took office with games against Akron and Alabama State in the first few weeks.
SEC fans who wish to schedule weddings in the fall can be October 23 or 30. 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), State of Mississippi (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)
Arkansas rice
Akron in Auburn
Florida Atlantic in Florida
Georgia v 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 in Texas A&M
Eastern Tennessee State in Vanderbilt
September 6
Ole Miss vs. Louisville (Atlanta)
Week 2: September 11
Mercer in Alabama
Texas in Arkansas
Alabama State in Auburn
Florida in South Florida
UAB in Georgia
Missouri in Kentucky
McNeese State at LSU
Austin Peay on Ole Miss
NC state in Mississippi state
South Carolina in East Carolina
Pittsburgh in Tennessee
Texas A&M vs. Colorado (Denver)
Vanderbilt in the state of Colorado
Week 3: September 18
Georgia Southern in Arkansas
Auburn in Penn State
Alabama in Florida
South Carolina in Georgia
Chattanooga in Kentucky
Central Michigan at LSU
Tulane in Ole Miss
Mississippi State in Memphis
SEMO in Missouri
Tennessee Tech in Tennessee
New Mexico at Texas A&M
Stanford in Vanderbilt
Week 4: September 25
Miss South in Alabama
Texas A&M vs Arkansas (Arlington)
Auburn State of Georgia
Tennessee in Florida
LSU in the state of Mississippi
Missouri at Boston College
Kentucky in South Carolina
Georgia in Vanderbilt
Week 5: October 2
Ole Miss in Alabama
Arkansas in Georgia
Florida in Kentucky
Auburn at LSU
Tennessee in Missouri
Troy in South Carolina
Mississippi State in Texas A&M
UConn in Vanderbilt
Week 6: October 9
Georgia in Auburn
Vanderbilt in Florida
LSU in Kentucky
Arkansas on Ole Miss
North Texas in Missouri
South Carolina in Tennessee
Alabama in Texas A&M
Week 7: October 16
Auburn in Arkansas
Kentucky in Georgia
Florida in LSU
Alabama in the state of Mississippi
Texas A&M in Missouri
Vanderbilt in South Carolina
Ole Miss in Tennessee
Week 8: October 23
Tennessee in Alabama
UAPB in Arkansas
LSU at Ole Miss
South Carolina at Texas A&M
Mississippi State in Vanderbilt
Week 9: October 30
Ole Miss in Auburn
Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Kentucky in the state of Mississippi
Missouri in Vanderbilt
Week 10: November 6
LSU in Alabama
Mississippi State in Arkansas
Missouri in Georgia
Tennessee in Kentucky
Freedom in Ole Miss
Florida in South Carolina
Auburn at Texas A&M
Week 11: November 13
New Mexico State in Alabama
Mississippi State at Auburn
Samford in Florida
Arkansas in LSU
Texas A&M in Ole Miss
South Carolina in Missouri
Georgia in Tennessee
Kentucky in Vanderbilt
Week 12: November 20
Arkansas in Alabama
Charleston Southern in Georgia
New Mexico State in Kentucky
ULM in LSU
Vanderbilt on Ole Miss
Tennessee State in Mississippi State
Florida in Missouri
Auburn in South Carolina
Southern Alabama in Tennessee
Prairie View in Texas A&M
Week 13: November 27
Missouri in Arkansas (Little Rock)
Alabama in Auburn
Florida State in Florida
Georgia on Georgia Tech
Kentucky in Louisville
Texas A&M at LSU
Ole Miss in the state of Mississippi
Clemson in South Carolina
Vanderbilt in Tennessee
Championship week: December 4
SEC Football Championship (Atlanta)