The SEC is set on Tuesday to release its new nine-game schedule for 2026, which will feature an overhaul in how the schedule traditionally works.

The biggest mystery hovering over the new nine-game schedule, which will be formally released at 7 p.m. ET (TV: SEC Network/ESPN2), is the three annual opponents set in place for the next four seasons.

The annual opponents are balanced by the teams playing each league opponent every two years, a far cry from the SEC's old divisional play when teams could go six seasons without playing each other.

The annual opponents, sources told ESPN, are:

• Alabama : Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State

• Arkansas : LSU, Texas, Missouri

• Auburn : Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt

• Georgia : Auburn, Florida, South Carolina

• Florida : G

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