JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - On Monday, the annual SEC opponents were announced ahead of the change to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026, according to On3’s Chris Low.

For Ole Miss Football, they will face Mississippi State, LSU, and Oklahoma as yearly opponents, while Mississippi State Football will face Ole Miss, Alabama, and Vanderbilt.

SEC officials created the slate to honor traditional longstanding rivalries and attempt to balance schedules as best as possible.

The annual opponents are balanced by the teams playing each league opponent every two years, which is much different from the SEC’s old divisional play, when teams could go six seasons without playing each other.

The annual opponents for the remaining SEC teams are:

Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State

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