Beginning with the 2025 season, Kentucky will face South Carolina and Vanderbilt each season as part of its 10-series conference schedule
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Beginning with the 2025 season, when Oklahoma and Texas are to join the league, Kentucky will face South Carolina and Vanderbilt each season as part of a new 10-series Southeastern Conference scheduling model, the SEC announced.
Each of the league’s members will face two “permanent” opponents each season along with eight rotating foes for a total of 30 conference games each spring, the same total number of in-league games that are currently played. The full 2025 schedule will be announced at a later date.
Another change is that standings will be kept in a single-division format as opposed to the current two-division model.
UK is 45-58 all-time versus South Carolina and owns a 150-157-5 record versus Vanderbilt.
The permanent SEC baseball opponents were determined based on a number of factors including geography, traditional opponents and strength of schedule. The permanent opponents are as follows:
SEC Baseball Permanent Opponents
Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee
Arkansas: Ole Miss, Missouri
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia
Florida: Georgia, South Carolina
Georgia: Florida, Auburn
Kentucky: South Carolina, Vanderbilt
LSU: Mississippi State, Texas A&M
Ole Miss: Mississippi State, Arkansas
Mississippi State: Ole Miss, LSU
Missouri: Oklahoma, Arkansas
Oklahoma: Missouri, Texas
South Carolina: Kentucky, Florida
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Alabama
Texas: Texas A&M, Oklahoma
Texas A&M: Texas, LSU
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Kentucky