Games between SEC teams and other Power 5 conferences, like this one between LSU and Wisconsin, will become more regular occurrences. (AP photo)
SEC teams have taken a lot of grief about not scheduling games with powerhouses from other Power 5 conferences, something that didn't change this week when the conference said it's OK for their teams to play independents BYU and Army. Notre Dame already was on the accepted list.
Missouri (2015 and 2020) and LSU (2017) already had scheduled BYU, and Mississippi State announced this week that it’s adding games against BYU in 2016 and 2017.
The SEC, in 2016, will become the only conference that will require its teams to play at least one nonconference Power 5 team every season. The ACC adds that rule in 2017.
Of course, natural rivalries — Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Florida vs. Florida State, South Carolina vs. Clemson or Kentucky vs. Louisville — mean some SEC teams already play at least one other Power 5 team every year.
Here’s a look at future nonconference games for SEC teams.
Alabama
Wisconsin — Sept. 5, 2015; Southern California — Sept. 3, 2016
Arkansas
Texas Tech — Sept. 19, 2015; TCU — 2016, 2017; Michigan — Aug. 31, 2018, Sept. 1, 2019
Auburn
Louisville — Sept. 5, 2015; Clemson — Sept. 3, 2016, Sept. 9, 2017; California — Sept. 19, 2020, Sept. 18, 2021
Florida
Michigan — Sept. 2, 2017
Georgia
North Carolina — Sept. 3, 2016; Notre Dame — Sept. 9, 2017, Sept. 21, 2019
LSU
Syracuse — Sept. 26, 2015; Wisconsin — Sept. 3, 2016; BYU — 2017; Miami — Sept. 1, 2018; Texas — Sept. 7, 2019; Sept. 12, 2020; UCLA — 2021, 2024; Arizona State — 2022, 2023
Ole Miss
Florida State — Sept. 5, 2016; California — Sept. 16, 2017, Sept. 21, 2019; Georgia Tech, 2022, 2023
Mississippi State
BYU — 2016, 2017; N.C. State — Sept. 12, 2020, Sept. 11, 2021; Kansas State — Sept. 8, 2018, Sept. 14, 2019; Arizona — 2022, 2023
Missouri
BYU — Nov. 14, 2015, Nov. 7, 2020; West Virginia — Sept. 3, 2016, Sept. 9, 2019; Purdue — Sept. 16, 2017, Sept. 15, 2018
South Carolina
North Carolina — Sept. 3, 2015;
Tennessee
Oklahoma — Sept. 12, 2015; Virginia Tech — Sept, 10, 2016; West Virginia — Sept. 1, 2018; Pittsburgh — Sept. 11, 2021, Sept. 10, 2022
Texas A&M
Arizona State — Sept. 5, 2015; UCLA — Sept. 3, 2016; Clemson — Sept. 8, 2018, Sept. 9, 2019; Notre Dame — 2024, 2025
Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech — Sept. 17, 2016; Kansas State — Sept. 16, 2017, Sept. 19, 2020
