The SEC is moving to a nine-game league schedule next season for the first time in history, a move necessary in the expanded College Football Playoff era to mirror what it looks like in the Big Ten and Big 12. The conference's full schedule release is set for Thursday night, which reveals the dates for games involving every team's three new permanent rivals along with nonconference opponents and marquee matchups against fellow Power Four competition.

What does this mean for the SEC and its 16 schools moving forward? For commissioner Greg Sankey and the conference's power brass at institutional levels, the SEC's new scheduling philosophy should promote heightened opportunity in the playoff discussion annually, especially when considering the selection committee's updated metr

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