🏈 SEC says it will stay at eight conference games

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The debate over a potential nine-game conference schedule in the SEC is over — for now.

On Sunday the SEC announced that it will remain at eight league games in its conference schedule, with one permanent matchup and one rotating matchup involving cross-division opponents. SEC schools will also be required to schedule at least one opponent from the “Power Five” conferences each year beginning in 2016.

The SEC’s announcement pertained to the debate over eight- and nine-game conference schedules across college football’s power conferences. Once the Big Ten goes to nine league games in 2016, the SEC and ACC will be the only remaining leagues to play eight-game conference schedules. In the SEC, Alabama coach Nick Saban has been the only league coach to support the idea of a nine-game conference schedule.

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