LSU, UGA stand in way of Florida Gators’ path to 2020 SEC football glory

The full football schedule for the SEC this fall was announced Monday night on a live broadcast by the SEC Network.

The full football schedule for the SEC this fall was announced Monday night on a live broadcast by the SEC Network.

Earlier in the day, the league released the full first-week schedule, including UF’s season opener on Sep. 26, when the Gators will travel to Oxford, Ms., for the first time since 2007.

Among the highlights of Florida’s full schedule is a Week 3 road match in College Station against Texas A&M followed by a home fixture the following weekend against defending national champion LSU.

Additionally, the Gators won’t be playing Georgia on Halloween weekend as they usually do. Both teams are on a bye that weekend, and they will compete at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville the following weekend on Nov. 7.

One of the changes made to the format of the schedule to accommodate the added two games is the extension of the regular season to the first weekend of December. Though in-state rivalry games, such as the Iron and Egg Bowls, will still take place on Thanksgiving weekend, those matchups will not conclude the regular season for those schools.

On Dec. 5, the Gators travel to Knoxville, Tn., to complete the regular season against Tennessee. It will be the first time Florida has played the Volunteers in December since 2001, when the game was delayed as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The full schedule is listed below. All kickoff times are still TBD.

Week 1 – Sept. 26 at Ole Miss

Week 2 – Oct. 3 vs. South Carolina

Week 3 – Oct. 10 at Texas A&M

Week 4 – Oct. 17 vs. LSU

Week 5 – Oct. 24 vs. Missouri

Week 6 – Bye

Week 7 – Nov. 7 vs. Georgia (in Jacksonville)

Week 8 – Nov. 14 vs. Arkansas

Week 9 – Nov. 21 at Vanderbilt

Week 10 – Nov. 28 vs. Kentucky

Week 11 – Dec. 5 at Tennessee

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