SEC starts in unusual season
The Southeastern Conference is set to kick off its 10-game, league-only schedule, making this Saturday the most normal-feeling yet of a most unusual season.
As of Wednesday, all the SEC openers were still on. The Big 12 and
Atlantic Coast Conference were also scheduled to have all their teams playing this weekend — until Tuesday, when Notre
Dame and Wake
Forest was postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak among Fighting Irish players.
The first week of the SEC season features the debuts of four new coaches, including Lane Kiffin at Mississippi taking on No. 5 Florida and Mike Leach at Mississippi State visiting defending national champion and No. 6 LSU.
"I don't know who has the toughest schedule in the SEC, but the toughest schedule that's ever been played in the history of college football is going to be one of the teams in the SEC this year," said Leach, who is taking his Air Raid offense to Starkville after successful stops at Texas Tech and Washington State.
Eight SEC teams begin the season ranked, but only two play each other Saturday. A sneaky good game between No. 23 Kentucky and No. 8 Auburn could determine just how seriously we need to take these teams as division contenders.
Wildcats vs. Tigers is one of three games matching ranked teams this weekend. With the Big Ten still a month away from