1. 2021 SEC schedule winners and losers
Oh yes, without even playing a game yet, here are the SEC schedule winners and losers.
Winner: Texas A&M … and by a mile.
The Aggies play Colorado in Denver and get Arkansas in Arlington, Texas. That means they technically play just three true road games, and Missouri, Ole Miss, and possibly LSU are all winnable. Alabama and Auburn are home games, there’s no Florida, no Georgia, and no excuse to not have another massive season.
Loser: Florida
In the glass is half full way of thinking, at least the date with Alabama is at home. The only other team in the East to face the Tide is Tennessee. So that must mean the Gators’ other game against the West is relatively easy to make up for it, right? Nope – is the annual game against LSU, and it’s on the road.
Outside of the Georgia game there isn’t any thing else that’s too bad, however, the date with Samford on November 13th in the only home game between the October 16th game at LSU until the November 27th regular season finale against Florida State.
Winner: Ole Miss
Yeah, the Alabama game is on the road, but there’s a week off to prepare. There’s no Florida or Georgia to deal with, the non-conference slate should bring four relatively easy wins, and the team only leaves the great state of Mississippi once – at Auburn on October 30th – after October 16th.
Loser: Arkansas
Arkansas might be better now, but every game ranges from uh-oh to totally annoying. How’s this for pain and suffering?
The Texas A&M game is in Arlington, Texas. That means the dates with the Aggies, Georgia, Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama are all away from home. Who do the Hogs get in Fayetteville early on?
Texas. And later they get Auburn. And that run of A&M, Georgia, Ole Miss means the team doesn’t get a home game for about a month, and the LSU-Bama games are back-to-back.
SEC Schedules, Analysis, Best/Worst Scenarios
East Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Missouri
South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt
West Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU
Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Texas A&M
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