The SEC wants to have the Bama at OU game early in the season. So, how easy is it actually?
* - already scheduled dates.
8/31- WKU*
9/07 - USF*
9/14- at Wisconsin*
9/21- at Oklahoma (suggestions through SEC offices.)
9/28 -
10/5 -
10/12 -
10/19 - at Tennessee
10/26 - BYE
11/2 - at LSU
11/9 -
11/16 - Mercer*
11/23 - Auburn*
11/30 - SECCG weekend.
We're left with @ Vandy, home games against UGA, Mizzou, and UofSC.
While it would conclude with Vandy, we could be looking at three road games back to back to back.
Do you think they want UGA after the road trip to OU? I don't. I believe they'll (ESPN programming) will want that to be a prime-time game. With OU vs Bama also fitting that bill, I don't see the Tide, in primetime, back to back weeks.)
That leads me to believe Bama will be
9/28 - at Vandy
10/5 - UGA
10/12- Mizzou
11/9 - South Carolina.
CAVEAT: I haven't looked to be sure but my gut is telling me we may be looking at the extra (second) bye week in '24. I'm not sure how the playoff calendar affects this yet.