The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
SEC establishes 2025 football schedule format
03.20.2024 | Football
Texas will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt, along with being the home team for the Allstate Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma, while traveling to Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
Birmingham, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference has established a scheduling format for the 2025 football season, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Similar to the 2024 SEC football schedule, during the 2025 season, teams will play eight conference games plus one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent.
Schools will play the same opponents in 2025 that they are scheduled to play in 2024, with sites changed for equal home and away competition over the course of the two seasons.
Therefore in 2025, Texas will host Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, along with being the home team for the Allstate Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Longhorns will travel for contests at Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
The full schedule of SEC games dates for the 2025 football season will be announced at a later time. Additionally, Texas has added a home game versus Sam Houston on September 27 to fill out its 2025 non-conference schedule. The Longhorns are slated to open the season at Ohio State on August 30, before hosting San Jose State (Sept. 6), UTEP (Sept. 13) and Sam Houston at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, along with its eight-game SEC schedule next year.
The 2025 conference schedule format was approved by a vote of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors last week following a recommendation from the league's Athletics Directors.
The 2025 season will be the second year that the SEC Championship Game will feature the top two teams in the 16-team Conference standings at the end of the regular season. Beginning with the 2024 season, the SEC will eliminate divisional standings.
