The SEC is eventually going to adopt a new scheduling model — thanks to the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns joining the conference in 2025.

For now, it's unclear exactly how the new scheduling model will look. The most likely outcome is that the SEC goes with a 3-6 schedule — three permanent opponents and six rotating opponents.

This would allow the SEC to keep some traditional rivalries in place, while also allowing the rest of the conference to play each other more often. As it stands, we've only seen the Tennessee Vols and the Mississippi State Bulldogs, for example, play twice since the end of the Phillip Fulmer era in 2008.

If this scheduling model happens, it means that not all rivalries will stay intact. It will also mean that some programs will have an easier permanent opponent rotation than other programs. That's just the nature of scheduling in the SEC.

Here's my best shot at predicting the permanent opponents for each SEC program.

Alabama Crimson Tide

• Tennessee
• Auburn
• Texas A&M

Arkansas Razorbacks

• Ole Miss
• Missouri
• Oklahoma

Auburn Tigers

• Alabama
• Georgia
• Ole Miss

Florida Gators

• Georgia
• LSU
• Tennessee

Georgia Bulldogs

• Florida
• South Carolina
• Auburn

Kentucky Wildcats

• Vanderbilt
• South Carolina
• Missouri

LSU Tigers

• Texas A&M
• Florida
• Mississippi State

Mississippi State Bulldogs

• Ole Miss
• LSU
• Texas

Missouri Tigers

• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Kentucky

Ole Miss Rebels

• Mississippi State
• Arkansas
• Auburn

Oklahoma Sooners

• Texas
• Missouri
• Arkansas

South Carolina Gamecocks

• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Vanderbilt

Tennessee Vols

• Alabama
• Florida
• Vanderbilt

Texas Longhorns

• Oklahoma
• Texas A&M
• Mississippi State

Texas A&M Aggies

• LSU
• Texas
• Alabama

Vanderbilt Commodores

• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• South Carolina

If you're a Texas A&M fan and you're reading this, you probably don't love that schedule. But there's just no way to make it "completely fair" for everyone. And I think keeping the Aggies and LSU game in place is important. As well as renewing the Texas A&M/Texas rivalry.

Some Tennessee fans might not be happy, either. Playing both Alabama and Florida each year won't be easy. But those are rivalries that it seems like a lot of Vols fans want to see remain in place (playing Vanderbilt, an in-state rival, would be a bit of a reprieve each season for the Vols).

(Maybe the permanent opponents can be revisited every five years.)

One way to ease the burden would be to reestablish divisions each year — that way there isn't a division that's significantly stronger than the other division.

Put eight teams in each division (I'm not a huge fan of the "pods" idea). And then after spring practice each season, the divisions can be determined based on the previous year's results and strength of schedule for the upcoming season.

The SEC can even monetize it via an "SEC division reveal show". The divisions themselves could be sponsored as well since "East" and "West" would no longer be relevant.

Not everyone is going to be happy. But I think this is the best way to preserve certain matchups while keeping the schedule as fair as possible for everyone.

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