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Reports: SEC To Remain At Eight League Games in 2024

Greg Sankey put much debate to rest Thursday afternoon, setting the record straight on the SEC's scheduling format.
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Reports: SEC To Remain At Eight League Games in 2024
Reports: SEC To Remain At Eight League Games in 2024

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Despite questions and debate surrounding the SEC's schedule changes in anticipation of Texas and Oklahoma's arrival, commissioner Greg Sankey said the league plans on eight conference games in 2024.

It was rumored that the SEC could potentially pivot to a nine-game conference schedule, but for the first year of the new look league, things will stay the same. In addition to eight conference games, league members will be required to play an opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or a major independent team.

With the eight game schedule, teams are set up to have one permanent opponent and seven rotating opponents — which essentially sets up a home-and-home series every four years.

Past 2024, scheduling decisions are still up in the air, and the SEC is seemingly flexible on potential changes. It looked like the nine-game schedule had momentum early on, but as the fall grows closer, this appeared to be the likely outcome — at least in year one.

In addition to Sankey's scheduling announcement, he also mentioned that the league will release each team's 2024 conference schedule on SEC Network June 14. The impending announcement will detail each team's opponents only, with no dates at this point in time.

The scheduling system certainly seems to be a short-term solution, with the league mentioning a desire to establish a long-term conference scheduling strategy in the future.

In addition to Thursday's announcements, it was clarified that divisions will disappear in 2024.

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ROSS LOVELACE

Ross has covered the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooners since 2018. He's made guest appearances on various radio stations and the Sooners On SI podcast. Ross enjoys public speaking and has done so at multiple churches and high schools across the OKC metro area. In addition to writing, Ross has been the Play-by-Play announcer for Crossings’ basketball and football programs since 2020. In high school, Ross started with Thunder Digest, where he discovered his passion for writing. From there, he worked for the OU Daily as a women's basketball reporter and worked for Sooners On SI and Thunder On SI. Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Ross played basketball and wrote for his own Thunder blog at Crossings High School in OKC. He enjoys reading, New York Jets football and a week at the beach. Ross and his wife live in New Orleans, where he is a Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator at the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee. His Twitter handle is @Rosslovelace.

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