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2025 SEC Football Schedule: Weekly Game Rankings, Best to Worst
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It's the SEC football schedule. It's everything to the college football season - including the arguments and debates once the regular season is done.

What are the biggest and best games each week? What are the ones you'll have to see and the ones you can probably skip? We rank every SEC football game each week from how interesting they'll probably be - and yes, we'll change this up several times once the offseason starts to settle in.

In general, the SEC conference games get ranked the highest each week, the dates with the FCS teams are at the bottom, and as always, there are plenty of great-looking battles in between.

2025 SEC Football Schedule Weekly Rankings

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Saturday, Aug. 30 Week 1

1 Texas at Ohio State
2 LSU at Clemson
3 Alabama at Florida State
4 South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech (Atlanta)
5 Tennessee vs. Syracuse (Atlanta)
6 Auburn at Baylor
7 Toledo at Kentucky
8 Georgia State at Ole Miss
9 Marshall at Georgia
10 UTSA at Texas A&M
11 Mississippi State at Southern Miss
12 Illinois State at Oklahoma
13 Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt
14 Central Arkansas at Missouri
15 Alabama A&M at Arkansas
16 Long Island at Florida

Saturday, Sept. 6 Week 2

1 Michigan at Oklahoma
2 Ole Miss at Kentucky
3 Kansas at Missouri
4 USF at Florida
5 Arizona State at Mississippi State
6 San Jose State at Texas
7 Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech
8 Arkansas State at Arkansas (Little Rock)
9 Utah State at Texas A&M
10 Louisiana Tech at LSU
11 Ball State at Auburn
12 ULM at Alabama
13 South Carolina State at South Carolina
14 East Tennessee State at Tennessee
15 Austin Peay at Georgia

Saturday, Sept. 13 Week 3

1 Georgia at Tennessee
2 Florida at LSU
3 Texas A&M at Notre Dame
4 Arkansas at Ole Miss
5 Wisconsin at Alabama
6 Vanderbilt at South Carolina
7 Louisiana at Missouri
8 South Alabama at Auburn
9 UTEP at Texas
10 Eastern Michigan at Kentucky
11 Oklahoma at Temple
12 Alcorn State at Mississippi State

Saturday, Sept. 20 Week 4

1 Florida at Miami
2 Auburn at Oklahoma
3 South Carolina at Missouri
4 Arkansas at Memphis
5 Tulane at Ole Miss
6 Georgia State at Vanderbilt
7 UAB at Tennessee
8 Northern Illinois at Mississippi State
9 Southeastern Louisiana at LSU

Saturday, Sept. 27 Week 5

1 Alabama at Georgia
2 LSU at Ole Miss
3 Auburn at Texas A&M
4 Notre Dame at Arkansas
5 Kentucky at South Carolina
6 Tennessee at Mississippi State
7 Sam Houston at Texas
8 Utah State at Vanderbilt
9 UMass at Missouri

Saturday, Oct. 4 Week 6

1 Texas at Florida
2 Mississippi State at Texas A&M
3 Kentucky at Georgia
4 Vanderbilt at Alabama
5 Kent State at Oklahoma

Saturday, Oct. 11 Week 7

1 Oklahoma vs. Texas (Dallas)
2 South Carolina at LSU
3 Georgia at Auburn
4 Alabama at Missouri
5 Florida at Texas A&M
6 Arkansas at Tennessee
7 Washington State at Ole Miss

Saturday, Oct. 18 Week 8

1 Tennessee at Alabama
2 Ole Miss at Georgia
3 Oklahoma at South Carolina
4 Texas A&M at Arkansas
5 Missouri at Auburn
6 Texas at Kentucky
7 Mississippi State at Florida
8 LSU at Vanderbilt

Saturday, Oct. 25 Week 9

1 Texas A&M at LSU
2 Ole Miss at Oklahoma
3 Alabama at South Carolina
4 Auburn at Arkansas
5 Tennessee at Kentucky
6 Texas at Mississippi State
7 Missouri at Vanderbilt

Saturday, Nov. 1 Week 10

1 Vanderbilt at Texas
2 Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
3 Oklahoma at Tennessee
4 South Carolina at Ole Miss
5 Kentucky at Auburn
6 Mississippi State at Arkansas

Saturday, Nov. 8 Week 11

1 LSU at Alabama
2 Texas A&M at Missouri
3 Georgia at Mississippi State
4 Auburn at Vanderbilt
5 The Citadel at Ole Miss
6 Florida at Kentucky

Saturday, Nov. 15 Week 12

1 Texas at Georgia
2 Oklahoma at Alabama
3 South Carolina at Texas A&M
4 Florida at Ole Miss
5 Arkansas at LSU
6 Mississippi State at Missouri
7 New Mexico State at Tennessee
8 Tennessee Tech at Kentucky

Saturday, Nov. 22 Week 13

1 Arkansas at Texas
2 Tennessee at Florida
3 Missouri at Oklahoma
4 Kentucky at Vanderbilt
5 Coastal Carolina at South Carolina
6 Western Kentucky at LSU
7 Charlotte at Georgia
8 Samford at Texas A&M
9 Eastern Illinois at Alabama
10 Mercer at Auburn

Saturday, Nov. 29 Week 14

1 Texas A&M at Texas
2 Alabama at Auburn
3 LSU at Oklahoma
4 Clemson at South Carolina
5 Florida State at Florida
6 Missouri at Arkansas
7 Georgia vs. Georgia Tech (Atlanta)
8 Ole Miss at Mississippi State
9 Kentucky at Louisville
10 Vanderbilt at Tennessee 

This article first appeared on College Football News and was syndicated with permission.

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