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Ranking the SEC's Best out-of-Conference Rivalries in College Football

With the SEC planning on a conference-only schedule for the 2020 college football season, a handful of key nonconference rivalries will be left on the cutting-room floor.

Emphasis on "handful," though, as there aren't many SEC teams that schedule the same nonconference opponent year after year. Just to get this list up to seven games, we had to include one matchup that hasn't been played since 2011 and another that can only be considered a rivalry because of recent College Football Playoff showdowns.

However, the 2020 season will feel incomplete without the top four pairings on this list.