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South Carolina faces tough scheduling decisions as SEC moves to nine-game format

With the SEC adopting a nine-game schedule in 2026, South Carolina must adjust its future non-conference slate.

Kentucky v South Carolina | Jacob Kupferman/GettyImages

The shift in the SEC's scheduling to a nine-game conference line up started next year was inevitable. Now it's official and the countdown has begun. With the permanent opponents in place for the next four years, every athletic department in the conference just got more complicated. And South Carolina is no exeception.

How do you juggle non-conference dates when you are guaranteed nine SEC matchups plus Clemson every single year?