How do the pieces fit? With the SEC expanding from 14 teams to 16 with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas, it was only a matter of time before the league adopted a nine-game conference schedule. The Big Ten and Big 12 have had ones of this size for a while. The ACC is also joining suit to make sure all four Power four leagues have some scheduling uniformity in the coming seasons to save the sport.
One of the most intriguing parts about the new nine-game SEC schedule is the notion of each team having three permanent rivals in this newfangled 3-6 model.