2014 Southeastern Conference Football Schedule

This week's news stories:

According to Mike Slive, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the league's  athletic directors will vote in May on whether the SEC will move to a nine-game conference football schedule for the 2016 season and beyond.  Full story here.

Alvin Clemens, a long-term member of the Board of Trustees at Penn State University, resigned his position last week.  According to the Associated Press, Clemens, in his resignation, mentions that he regrets his vote to fire Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno.  Full story here.

The NCAA is exploring whether to implement an early signing period for college football.  Full story here.

A federal judge has sentenced former Fiesta Bowl Chief Executive John Junker to eight months in jail for running an illegal campaign contribution scheme.  Full story here.

The following teams are working on future home-at-home series:  Texas A&M and UCLA will play a series in the 2016-2017 seasons.  Syracuse and Louisiana State have proposed one to be played in 2015 and 2017.

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The 2014 football schedule for the Southeastern Conference is now available on The Howell Report.  As most fans are aware, the SEC consists of fourteen teams which are arranged into two geographic divisions known as East and West.  The East division consists of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.  The West division contains Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Louisiana State (LSU), Mississippi (Ole Miss), Mississippi State, and Texas A&M.  For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, SEC teams will continue to play four non-conference games and eight league games.  Out of those eight conference games, each team will play all the members of its division along with two inter-divisional opponents.  As for the non-conference games, the 2014 schedule features some exciting match-ups, including Alabama vs. West Virginia, Florida vs. Florida State, Georgia vs. Clemson, Missouri vs. Central Florida, Arkansas vs. Texas Tech, Auburn vs. Kansas State, LSU vs. Wisconsin, Ole Miss vs. Boise State, Tennessee vs. Oklahoma, and Texas A&M vs. Southern Methodist. (The last game being an old Southwest Conference rivalry)

As for the rest of the college football world, spring practice has begun all across the country.  However, the nation's sports attention, at this time of year, is largely focused on the upcoming NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as MARCH MADNESS.  On Sunday at 6:00PM Eastern, CBS will air the NCAA selection show, which will outline the 68-team championship bracket.  Even though this blog is dedicated to college football, I plan to post a brief analysis of the bracket before the First Round of games airs on March 18th.  


2014 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

For non-league games, SEC members appear in ALL CAPS
For league games, home teams are underlined.

August 28th

Texas A&M at South Carolina
Temple at VANDERBILT
Boise State vs. OLE MISS (neutral location - Atlanta, Georgia)

August 30th

Idaho at FLORIDA
Clemson at GEORGIA
Tennessee-Martin at KENTUCKY
South Dakota State at MISSOURI
Utah State at TENNESSEE
West Virginia vs. ALABAMA (neutral location - Atlanta, Georgia)
Arkansas at Auburn
Wisconsin vs. LOUISIANA STATE (neutral location - Houston, Texas)
Southern Mississippi vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE

September 6th

Eastern Michigan at FLORIDA
Ohio at KENTUCKY
MISSOURI at Toldeo
East Carolina at SOUTH CAROLINA
Arkansas State at TENNESSEE
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Florida Atlantic at ALABAMA
Nicholls State at ARKANSAS
San Jose State at AUBURN
Sam Houston State at LOUISIANA STATE
Alabama-Birmingham at MISSISSIPPI STATE
Lamar vs. TEXAS A&M

September 13th

Kentucky at Florida
Georgia at South Carolina
Central Florida at MISSOURI
TENNESSEE at Oklahoma
Massachusetts at VANDERBILT
Southern Mississippi at ALABAMA
ARKANSAS at Texas Tech
Louisiana-Monroe at LOUISIANA STATE
MISSISSIPPI STATE at South Alabama
Louisiana-Lafayette at OLE MISS
Rice vs. TEXAS A&M

September 18th

AUBURN at Kansas State

September 20th

Florida at Alabama
Troy at GEORGIA
Indiana at MISSOURI
South Carolina at Vanderbilt
Northern Illinois at ARKANSAS
Mississippi State at Louisiana State
TEXAS A&M at Southern Methodist

September 27th

Tennessee at Georgia
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Missouri at South Carolina
Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (neutral location - Arlington, Texas - Southwest Classic)
Louisiana Tech at AUBURN
New Mexico State at LOUISIANA STATE
Memphis at OLE MISS

October 4th

Florida at Tennessee
Vanderbilt at Georgia
South Carolina at Kentucky
Alabama at Ole Miss
Louisiana State at Auburn
Texas A&M at Mississippi State

October 11th

Louisiana State at Florida
Georgia at Missouri
Louisiana-Monroe at KENTUCKY
Chattanooga at TENNESSEE
Charleston Southern at VANDERBILT
Alabama at Arkansas
Auburn at Mississippi State
Ole Miss at Texas A&M

October 18th

Missouri at Florida
Georgia at Arkansas (neutral location - Little Rock, Arkansas)
Kentucky at Louisiana State
Furman at SOUTH CAROLINA
Tennessee at Ole Miss
Texas A&M at Alabama

October 25th

Mississippi State at Kentucky
Vanderbilt at Missouri
South Carolina at Auburn
Alabama at Tennessee (Third Sunday in October Rivalry)
Alabama-Birmingham at ARKANSAS
Ole Miss at Louisiana State

November 1st

Georgia vs. Florida (neutral location - Jacksonville, Florida)
Kentucky at Missouri
Tennessee at South Carolina
Old Dominion at VANDERBILT
Arkansas at Mississippi State
Auburn at Ole Miss
Louisiana-Monroe at TEXAS A&M

November 8th

Florida at Vanderbilt
Georgia at Kentucky
Alabama at Louisiana State
Texas A&M at Auburn
Tennessee-Martin at MISSISSIPPI STATE
Presbyterian at OLE MISS

November 15th

South Carolina at Florida
Auburn at Georgia (The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)
Kentucky at Tennessee
Missouri at Texas A&M
Mississippi State at Alabama
Louisiana State at Arkansas (Battle for the Golden Boot)

November 22nd

Eastern Kentucky at FLORIDA
Charleston Southern at GEORGIA
Missouri at Tennessee
South Alabama at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
Western Carolina at Alabama
Ole Miss at Arkansas
Samford at AUBURN

November 27th

Louisiana State at Texas A&M

November 29th

FLORIDA at Florida State (Governor's Cup)
Georgia Tech at GEORGIA (Clean, Old Fashioned Hate)
KENTUCKY at Louisville (Kentucky Governor's Cup)
Arkansas at Missouri (new border rivalry)
SOUTH CAROLINA at Clemson (Hardee's Trophy)
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Auburn at Alabama (The Iron Bowl)
Mississippi State at Ole Miss (Battle for the Golden Egg)

December 6th

SEC Championship Game - Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia.