The Southeastern Conference announced this week that it will soon reveal each member’s three protected opponents. The SEC intends to announce the official reveal next week, on Tuesday. It comes after the conference opted to increase its current eight-game league schedule to nine games annually,

The Southeastern Conference announced it would adopt a nine-game conference schedule last month and it was announced on Friday it will be revealed next week.

Using Mizzou as reference, the Gamecocks will need to go 1-2 against its three top-100 NET teams — Clemson, Butler and Northwestern — while losing no other non-conference games if they want to be a tournament lock. This is, of course, assuming USC also hangs around in the SEC.

A variety of players on Missouri's roster have played in multiple SEC games, making them battle-tested for their slate of matchups to come.

Who are the current top 5 teams in the SEC? Analysts Dari Nowkhah, Chris Doering and Benjamin Watson revealed their picks.

William King served as the SEC's associate commissioner for legal affairs and compliance for the past decade—a span when the organization's revenue nearly doubled.

Oklahoma Softball releases its full 2026 SEC conference slate, featuring eight series against NCAA Tournament teams, including home matchups with Auburn, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Georgia.

LSU's trip to Ole Miss on Sept. 27 will kick off at 2:30 p.m. and be televised on ABC, the Southeastern Conference announced on Monday. LSU took down Florida 20-10 at home on Saturday to improve to 3-0 on the season.