LSU’s opponents in Southeastern Conference play for the next four seasons have been revealed.
The SEC announced on Tuesday that the Tigers will face Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, among others, in 2026, the first season of the conference’s new nine-game schedule format. Game dates will be determined in December.
As On3 Sports reported Monday, and The Advocate confirmed, LSU will have Arkansas, Texas A&M and Ole Miss as its annual opponents over the next four seasons. The rest of LSU’s 2026 schedule includes Alabama, Mississippi State, Texas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Tigers will be at home against Texas A&M, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi State and on the road for the remaining five SEC games. LSU also has Clemson and McNeese State at home and needs to schedule one other non-conference game, likely at home.
This will mark the first time that Texas will play in Tiger Stadium since 1953. The fact that New Orleans native and highly publicized quarterback Arch Manning is expected to return to the Longhorns next season adds an extra dimension to the matchup.
Annual opponents for teams will be reevaluated every four years, meaning that the Tigers could have a different set of yearly foes starting in 2030.
Tuesday’s announcement follow’s the SEC’s vote in August to increase its conference slate from eight games to nine. In the new schedule format, teams will have three annual opponents and face six others in a rotation. Each team will face one another at least once every two years and will play each other home and away within a four-year period.
No. 4-ranked LSU continues resumes SEC play Saturday when it travels to No. 13 Ole Miss (2:30 p.m., ABC).
Here are LSU’s in-conference opponents each of the next four seasons in alphabetical order.
2026
Alabama