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The SEC will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops and athletics director Mitch Barnhart preferred the eight-game format.

Each SEC team will be required to play at least one game against a team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Notre Dame.

The Kentucky-Louisville Governor's Cup rivalry is expected to continue through at least the 2030 season after the contract's most recent extension.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky football , coach Mark Stoops and athletics director Mitch Barnhart didn't receive the news they wanted from the SEC league office last week.

After years of speculation, the conference announced Thursday it finally will move to a nine-game schedule beginning in 2026, replacing the eight-game slate it has used since 1992

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