Birmingham, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference unveiled its 126-game men’s basketball schedule for the 2020-21 season on Friday.
Conference play tips off December 29 and runs through March 3. No games were scheduled the weekend of March 6 to allow a window for makeup games. Each SEC team plays the other 13 teams at least one time during league play. They will then play their three permanent opponents a second time with the remaining two games changing every year.
The eighth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge will take place on Jan. 30. The four teams not participating in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge will play conference games that day.
Four SEC teams are included in ESPN.com’s Way-Too-Early Top 25: Kentucky (5), Tennessee (11), LSU (22) and Florida (25). Five teams are listed in ESPN commentator Dick Vitale’s preseason top 40: Tennessee (10), Kentucky (13), Alabama (17), LSU (19) and Florida (32).
Nearly a quarter (24 of 100) of ESPN.com’s 2020 Top 100 recruits signed to play at SEC schools in 2020-21, including 12 that ranked in the Top 50.
The SEC Tournament returns to the Music City when Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., hosts the event from March 10-14, 2021.
Television information and start times will be announced at a later date.
| Date | Game |
| Tues., Dec. 29 | Ole Miss at Alabama |
| South Carolina at Kentucky | |
| Texas A&M at LSU | |
| Wed., Dec. 30 | Arkansas at Auburn |
| Florida at Vanderbilt | |
| Mississippi State at Georgia | |
| Tennessee at Missouri | |
| Sat., Jan. 2 | Alabama at Tennessee |
| Missouri at Arkansas | |
| Auburn at Texas A&M | |
| LSU at Florida | |
| Kentucky at Mississippi State | |
| Tues., Jan. 5 | Florida at Alabama |
| Vanderbilt at Kentucky | |
| Missouri at Mississippi State | |
| Wed., Jan. 6 | Arkansas at Tennessee |
| Auburn at Ole Miss | |
| Georgia at LSU | |
| Texas A&M at South Carolina | |
| Sat., Jan. 9 | Alabama at Auburn |
| Georgia at Arkansas | |
| Kentucky at Florida | |
| LSU at Missouri | |
| South Carolina at Ole Miss | |
| Mississippi State at Vanderbilt | |
| Tennessee at Texas A&M | |
| Tues., Jan. 12 | Alabama at Kentucky |
| Ole Miss at Florida | |
| Vanderbilt at Missouri | |
| Tennessee at South Carolina | |
| Wed., Jan. 13 | Arkansas at LSU |
| Auburn at Georgia | |
| Texas A&M at Mississippi State | |
| Sat., Jan. 16 | Arkansas at Alabama |
| Kentucky at Auburn | |
| Florida at Mississippi State | |
| Georgia at Ole Miss | |
| South Carolina at LSU | |
| Missouri at Texas A&M | |
| Vanderbilt at Tennessee | |
| Tues., Jan. 19 | Alabama at LSU |
| Tennessee at Florida | |
| Ole Miss at Mississippi State | |
| South Carolina at Missouri | |
| Wed., Jan. 20 | Auburn at Arkansas |
| Kentucky at Georgia | |
| Texas A&M at Vanderbilt | |
| Sat., Jan. 23 | Mississippi State at Alabama |
| Arkansas at Vanderbilt | |
| Auburn at South Carolina | |
| Florida at Georgia | |
| LSU at Kentucky | |
| Texas A&M at Ole Miss | |
| Missouri at Tennessee | |
| Tues., Jan. 26 | Kentucky at Alabama |
| Missouri at Auburn | |
| LSU at Texas A&M | |
| Mississippi State at Tennessee | |
| Wed., Jan. 27 | Ole Miss at Arkansas |
| Vanderbilt at Florida | |
| Georgia at South Carolina | |
| Sat., Jan. 30 | Ole Miss at Georgia |
| South Carolina at Vanderbilt | |
| Tues., Feb. 2 | Mississippi State at Arkansas |
| Georgia at Auburn | |
| Kentucky at Missouri | |
| Tennessee at Ole Miss | |
| Wed., Feb. 3 | LSU at Alabama |
| South Carolina at Florida | |
| Vanderbilt at Texas A&M | |
| Sat., Feb. 6 | Alabama at Missouri |
| Texas A&M at Arkansas | |
| Ole Miss at Auburn | |
| Florida at LSU | |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia | |
| Tennessee at Kentucky | |
| Mississippi State at South Carolina | |
| Tues., Feb. 9 | Alabama at South Carolina |
| Arkansas at Kentucky | |
| Auburn at Vanderbilt | |
| Wed., Feb. 10 | Florida at Tennessee |
| Georgia at Texas A&M | |
| LSU at Mississippi State | |
| Missouri at Ole Miss | |
| Sat., Feb. 13 | Georgia at Alabama |
| Arkansas at Missouri | |
| Auburn at Kentucky | |
| Texas A&M at Florida | |
| Tennessee at LSU | |
| Ole Miss at South Carolina | |
| Vanderbilt at Mississippi State | |
| Tues., Feb. 16 | Florida at Arkansas |
| Mississippi State at Auburn | |
| Missouri at Georgia | |
| South Carolina at Tennessee | |
| Wed., Feb. 17 | Alabama at Texas A&M |
| Kentucky at Vanderbilt | |
| LSU at Ole Miss | |
| Sat., Feb. 20 | Vanderbilt at Alabama |
| Arkansas at Texas A&M | |
| Auburn at LSU | |
| Georgia at Florida | |
| Kentucky at Tennessee | |
| Mississippi State at Ole Miss | |
| Missouri at South Carolina | |
| Tues., Feb. 23 | Florida at Auburn |
| LSU at Georgia | |
| Texas A&M at Kentucky | |
| Ole Miss at Missouri | |
| Wed., Feb. 24 | Alabama at Arkansas |
| South Carolina at Mississippi State | |
| Tennessee at Vanderbilt | |
| Sat., Feb. 27 | Alabama at Mississippi State |
| LSU at Arkansas | |
| Tennessee at Auburn | |
| Florida at Kentucky | |
| South Carolina at Georgia | |
| Texas A&M at Missouri | |
| Ole Miss at Vanderbilt | |
| Tues., March 2 | Auburn at Alabama |
| Arkansas at South Carolina | |
| Kentucky at Ole Miss | |
| Vanderbilt at LSU | |
| Wed., March 3 | Missouri at Florida |
| Georgia at Tennessee | |
| Mississippi State at Texas A&M | |
| March 10-14 | SEC Tournament |
| (Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN) |