LEX 18 — Football schedules will look vastly different across the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2026, and the Kentucky Wildcats can now prepare accordingly. The league has released each SEC program's conference opponents for the next four seasons, as the conference prepares to shift into a nine-conference game model.

For the Wildcats, that means annual matchups with Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. These opponents were selected based on traditional rivalries, competitive fairness and geography, according to the SEC.

The four-year schedule ensures every school will play every other SEC school at least once every two years, and every opponent home and away over a four-year period.

In 2026, Kentucky's opponents are as follows, with asterisk notating the annual opponents:

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