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The SEC has officially announced how it plans to proceed with the 2020 college football season.
On Thursday, Ross Dellenger of broke the news via his Twitter account that SEC would be going to a 10-game, conference-only schedule that would start on Sept. 26.
BREAKING: #SEC presidents have adopted a plan to play a 10-game, conference-only schedule this fall, sources told @SINow.
League approved kickoff date is Sept. 26. Particulars on the schedule (the two additional games & locations) are unclear for now.
SEC title game Dec. 19.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) July 30, 2020
The news isn’t overly shocking considering where things have been trending over the last 24 hours, but it does call into question what other conferences will do. Just yesterday, the ACC announced it would be going to a 10+1 model with 10 conference games and one out-of-conference opponent.
While that might remain part of the plan, several in-state rivalries between the ACC and SEC, particularly Florida-Florida State, South Carolina-Clemson, Kentucky-Louisville and Georgia-Georgia Tech, will no longer be taking place.
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