There were six FBS football games Thursday night. And, oh yeah, a schedule release too.
The SEC released its 2016 conference slate and, well, it's a conference schedule release. There aren't too many surprises because of the SEC's predictable schedule rotation. And we already knew each team was going to play eight conference games.
So instead of breaking down every team's schedule here, we'll give you the important stuff. Here are the rotating inter-division matchups for 2016. Outside of each team's permanent other-division rival, it plays the other teams in the opposite division once every six years.
Georgia vs. Ole Miss
South Carolina vs. Mississippi State
Kentucky vs. Alabama
Missouri vs. LSU
Tennessee vs. Texas A&M
Vanderbilt vs. Auburn
Arkansas vs. Florida
Alabama plays LSU on the same weekend (November 5) in 2016.
The conference is involved in some marquee in and out-of-conference games to start the season too. Here are the highlights from Week 1. We do have to give the SEC credit on this one, its member teams are starting 2016 strongly.
Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina
Missouri vs. West Virginia
Clemson vs. Auburn
LSU vs. Wisconsin
Ole Miss vs. Florida State
Arkansas vs. TCU
Georgia vs. North Carolina
Alabama vs. USC
Texas A&M vs. UCLA
Here's the entire schedule for your perusal.
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