2024 Southeastern Conference football season

The 2024 Southeastern Conference football season will be the 92nd season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This will be the SEC's first season with 16 teams with the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, and its first season since 1991 with a non-divisional scheduling format.

Previous season
Alabama defeated Georgia 27–24 in the 2023 SEC Championship Game.

The Alabama Crimson Tide advanced to their eighth College Football Playoff (CFP), where they lost to the eventual national champions, Michigan, in the Rose Bowl Game, 27-20 (OT).

Preseason
2024 SEC Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:


 * Alabama –
 * Arkansas –
 * Auburn –
 * Florida –
 * Georgia –
 * Kentucky –
 * LSU –
 * Mississippi State –
 * Missouri –
 * Oklahoma-
 * Ole Miss –
 * South Carolina –
 * Tennessee –
 * Texas A&M -
 * Vanderbilt -

Recruiting classes
Source: Note: ESPN only ranks the top 40 teams.

SEC Media Days
The 2024 SEC Media days are scheduled for July 15–18, 2024 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas, TX. It will be the fourth time they are held outside of Birmingham, AL. Each team is expected to have their head coach available to talk to the media at the event and it will be televised on SEC Network and ESPN.

Preseason polls are also expected to be released in July 2024.

The schedule for the teams is as follows:

Preseason media polls
Teams currently listed alphabetically

references:

All−American Teams
Sources: 

Media
First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Coaches
First Team

Second Team

Third Team

references:

Pre-season changes
Alabama head coach Nick Saban retired after finishing his 17th season 11-2 (8-0 SEC) with the Crimson Tide and posting a 201–29 overall record with the school. On January 12, 2024, it was announced his replacement was Kalen DeBoer, who had led Washington to a 14–1 record, Sugar Bowl victory, and national championship appearance.

Mississippi State head coach Zach Arnett was fired during the 2023 season, with two games left in the regular season. On November 26, 2023, he was replaced by Jeff Lebby, Oklahoma's offensive coordinator.

Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher was fired during the 2023 season, with two games left in the regular season. On November 27, 2023, he was replaced by Mike Elko, Duke's head coach.

Coaches
''Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2023 season. All records are at Division I schools only''

Schedules
All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 8. Rankings from Week 9 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

Regular season
The schedule was released on December 14, 2023. The season will begin on August 29, 2024, and will end with the SEC Championship Game on December 7, 2024.

Bowl games
For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The SEC will have annually eight appearances in the following bowls: Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Citrus Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Music City Bowl, ReliaQuest Bowl and Texas Bowl. The SEC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings.

The SEC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top five conference champions in the final CFP ranking or if they are seven highest-ranked at-large selections. Additionally, four of the top five conference champions will receive first round byes for the 2024 College Football Playoff.

Head to head matchups
× – Matchup not played in 2024 Updated before the season.

SEC vs Power Four matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against Power Four teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Notre Dame. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

Updated through Week 1.

SEC vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against "Group of Five" teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

Updated through Week 1.

SEC vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes UConn and UMass.

Updated through Week 1.

SEC vs FCS matchups
The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.  Note: † Denotes Neutral Site Game 

Updated through Week 1.

SEC Records against other conferences
2024–25 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season

Post Season

Television Selections
The Southeastern Conference has television contracts with ESPN, which allow games to be broadcast across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX, FS1 and FS2. Streaming broadcasts for games under SEC control are streamed on ESPN+. The conference also operates its own network, SEC Network, in conjunction with ESPN. Games under the control of other conferences fall under the contracts of the opposing conference.

All-SEC teams
At the conclusion of the regular season All-SEC Conference football teams will be named.

All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.

National award winners
2024 College Football Award Winners

NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Following list includes all SEC Players in the draft.