We'll find out Kentucky Football's 2026 SEC schedule tonight

by: Tyler Thompson3 hours agoMrsTylerKSR

We already know who Kentucky will play next season; tonight, we’ll find out when. The 2026 SEC Football schedule will be revealed tonight during a two-hour special on the SEC Network starting at 8 p.m. ET. Dari Nowkhah will host the show alongside Gene Chizik, Cole Cubelic, and Roman Harper.

The new nine-game conference schedule was revealed back in September, with the SEC sharing each team’s opponents for the next four seasons, 2026-29. Kentucky’s three annual opponents will be Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Cats will play the remaining 12 SEC schools twice, once at home and once away, from 2026-29. Each SEC team must also play at least one Power Four non-conference game each season. For Kentucky, that’s Louisville.

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In 2026, Kentucky will host Florida, Alabama, LSU, and Vanderbilt, while traveling to South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma. The Cats also have games scheduled against Youngstown State (Sept. 5), South Alabama (Sept. 26), and Louisville (Nov. 28), all at Kroger Field. That means that Kentucky’s first SEC game will take place in Week 2, Sept. 12.

Pretty soon, we’ll know exactly when all those games will take place, making planning for the first season of the Will Stein era much easier. We’ll bring you the schedule as soon as it’s available if you’d rather not sit through a two-hour SEC Network special.