Southeastern Conference football fans are finding out what the recent move to a nine-game league schedule looks like in reality.

The Heisman Trophy will be presented to the nation’s best college football player for the 91st time on Saturday night.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The SEC schedule makers have done no favors for the Missouri Tigers in the 2026 schedule that was released Thursday. Some experts believe Mizzou will face the toughest schedule in the toughest and deepest conference in the country.

Kiffin continues his run as a savvy social media user, drops subtle hint at an SEC signal-caller this week.

As for this season, Alabama will face Oklahoma on Friday, December 19 (7 p.m. CT, ABC/ESPN) in Norman, Oklahoma in the first round of the 12-team playoff. If the Crimson Tide wins that game, it will advance to the Rose Bowl to face No. 1 seed Indiana.

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The USA TODAY Network has released its All-SEC football team as voted on sports writers covering the SEC from the network.

The 2026 football schedule dropped yesterday, and it’s just as murderous as you’d expect a nine game SEC slate to be. Check out this October. Alabama faces a tough stretch in the middle of October.