With the SEC releasing its schools’ 2016 football schedules on Thursday, we took a gander to identify some of the highlights.
Here is some of what we noticed:
Marquee games: Perhaps the most entertaining aspect of checking out upcoming schedules is comparing the marquee nonconference games for each team. In 2016, SEC schools will play a mixture of annual nonconference rivalry games (Georgia-Georgia Tech, Florida-Florida State, South Carolina-Clemson, Kentucky-Louisville), intriguing matchups at home sites (UCLA at Texas A&M, Clemson at Auburn, Mississippi State at BYU, Arkansas at TCU, Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech, Missouri at West Virginia) and neutral-site openers (Ole Miss-Florida State in Orlando, Florida, Alabama-USC in Arlington, Texas, Georgia-North Carolina in Atlanta).