Inside the SEC's spring meetings: A 9-game schedule and a growing frustration with the CFP

SEC coaches and athletic directors grilled CFP officials in a tense meeting over selection metrics and whether a tougher ...

Trev Alberts talks on SEC's 9-game schedule, importance of regular season

Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts touches on the importance of the regular season with the SEC's move to a nine-game ...

SEC coaches on 9-game schedule and 16-team playoff: ‘They felt misled’

Jon Sumrall hasn’t been shy this week with offering opinions or insight during the SEC spring meetings. The Florida coach ...
Bleacher Report

SEC to Implement 9-Game CFB Conference Schedule Starting in 2026 amid CFP Debate

The SEC will implement a nine-game conference schedule for college football starting with the 2026 season, the conference announced Thursday. The SEC has used an eight-game conference schedule since ...
Sports Illustrated

SEC's 9-Game Conference Schedule Gives Reality Check to Fan Bases

A long-anticipated change is finally here, and it is going to force a reality check. Moving to a nine-game conference schedule sounds simple on the surface. It aligns one league with others that ...

The reality facing Auburn football: 5 straight losing seasons, the hardest SEC schedule ever

The Tigers haven't reached the SEC Championship since 2017 or made the College Football Playoff in any format, and the new nine-game conference schedule will test first-year coach Alex Golesh ...
WSB Radio

CFP odds released: Lane Kiffin hypercritical of 9-game SEC schedule

The jury’s out how the SEC’s move from eight to nine league games this season will play out, but there’s enough growing evidence to suggest it is backfiring. Among SEC teams, only Georgia and Texas ...