Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans now know who their favorite team will play next season — and when.
In a special announcement show on Thursday night, the Southeastern Conference revealed who each of the 16 member institutions will be playing in the 2026-27 campaign. For the first time, the SEC is mandating that all of its members participate in nine games versus conference opponents, while also scheduling at least one game against a team from the Big Ten, Big 12, or ACC.
Here’s who the Rebels and Bulldogs will be taking on next year:
Ole Miss
Pete Golding will have his work cut out for him in his debut season as the head football coach at Ole Miss, though he will have the opportunity to get a feel for being a first-time frontman in the College Football Playoff. The 2026-27 season for the Rebels will feature a battle against ex-coach Lane Kiffin and his LSU Tigers, who are far from beloved in Oxford.
Ole Miss will rekindle a flame that used to be annual contests versus Vanderbilt and Auburn. Golding and company will travel to Oklahoma for the second consecutive year, before concluding the year against Mississippi State with the Egg Bow currently scheduled to happen on Saturday for the first time since 2016.
- Week 1 (Sept. 5): Neutral site vs. Louisville in Nashville’s Nissan Stadium
- Week 2 (Sept. 12): Home vs. Charlotte
- Week 3 (Sept. 19: Home vs. LSU
- Week 4 (Sept. 16): At Florida
- Week 5 (Oct. 3): BYE
- Week 6 (Oct. 10): At Vanderbilt
- Week 7 (Oct. 17): Home vs. Missouri
- Week 8 (Oct. 24): At Texas
- Week 9 (Oct. 31): Home vs. Auburn
- Week 10 (Nov. 7): Home vs. Georgia
- Week 11 (Nov. 14): At Oklahoma
- Week 12 (Nov. 20): Wofford
- Week 13 (Nov. 28): Home vs. Mississippi State
Mississippi State
Year three of the Jeff Lebby era will feature a first-time matchup between Mississippi State and Oklahoma, the Bulldog head coach’s former employer. Mississippi State will take on a familiar foe in Kiffin, but with a different logo on his visor, and will face permanent-opponent Alabama for the first time since 2023.
The Bulldogs will get to travel to the Lone Star State for a revenge matchup against a Texas team that barely beat them in 2025. A three-game home stretch against Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Tennessee Tech will lead in to the Egg Bowl at Ole Miss.
- Week 1 (Sept. 5): Home vs. Louisiana-Monroe
- Week 2 (Sept. 12): At Minnesota
- Week 3 Sept. 19): At South Carolina
- Week 4 (Sept. 26): Home vs. Missouri
- Week 5 (Oct. 3): Home vs. Alabama
- Week 6 (Oct. 10): BYE
- Week 7 (Oct. 17): At LSU
- Week 8 (Oct. 24): Home vs. Oklahoma
- Week 9 (Oct. 31): At Texas
- Week 10 (Nov. 7): Home vs. Vanderbilt
- Week 11 (Nov. 14): Home vs. Auburn
- Week 12 (Nov. 21): Home vs. Tennessee Tech
- Week 13 (Nov. 28): At Ole Miss
The current season is not over
Both Ole Miss and Mississippi State will appear in postseason matchups to conclude the 2025-26 campaign.
Ole Miss (11-1, 7-1 SEC) is gearing up for the program’s first-ever College Football Playoff. The No. 6 seed Rebels will host No. 11 seed Tulane at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 20. at 2:30 p.m. CT. The matchup will air on TNT and participating SuperTalk Mississippi stations. If the Rebels win, they will advance to the quarterfinals and face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
Mississippi State (5-7, 1-7 SEC) will appear in a bowl game for the first time in two years. The Bulldogs will take on Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at 7 p.m. CT. The game will air on ESPN and participating SuperTalk Mississippi stations.
