The 2025 Southeastern Conference football season was the 94th season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football. This was the SEC's second season with 16 teams with the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, and its second season since 1991 with a non-divisional scheduling format.
2025 SEC Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:
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<small>Note: ESPN only ranks the top 40 teams.</small>
The 2025 SEC Media days took place on July 14-17, 2025 at the College Football Hall of Fame and Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park at Downtown Atlanta.
This marks the third time since 2018 that Atlanta has hosted the annual preseason event
It was the fifth time they were held outside of Birmingham, AL. Each team was expected to have its head coach available to talk to the media at the event, which was televised on SEC Network and ESPN.
The schedule for the teams was:
Preseason polls were released on July 18, 2025.
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First Team
Second Team
Third Team
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Second Team
Third Team
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Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2025 season. All records are at Division I schools only
àâ Kentucky: Team was required to vacate 10 wins due to playing ineligible players
The schedule was released on December 11, 2024. The season will begin on August 29, 2025, and will end with the SEC Championship Game on December 6, 2025.
All times Central time.
â denotes Homecoming game
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 8. Rankings from Week 9 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.
For the 2020âÂÂ2025 bowl cycle, The SEC will have annually eight appearances in the following bowls: Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a SEC and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Citrus Bowl, Duke's Mayo Bowl, Gator Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Music City Bowl, ReliaQuest Bowl and Texas Bowl. The SEC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings.
The SEC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top five conference champions in the final CFP ranking or if they are seven highest-ranked at-large selections. Additionally, four of the top five conference champions will receive first round byes for the 2025 College Football Playoff.
àâ Matchup not played in 2025<br> Updated after the season.
The following games include SEC teams competing against Power Four teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Notre Dame. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.
Note:â Denotes Neutral Site Game
<small>Updated after Week 14.</small>
The following games include SEC teams competing against "Group of Five" teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.
<small>Updated after Week 13.</small>
The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.
<small>Note: â Denotes Neutral Site Game</small>
<small>Updated after Week 13.</small>
2025âÂÂ26 records against non-conference foes:
Regular Season
Post Season
The Southeastern Conference has television contracts with ESPN, which allow games to be broadcast across ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network. Streaming broadcasts for games under SEC control are streamed on ESPN+. Games under the control of other conferences fall under the contracts of the opposing conference.
On December 10, 2025, the Southeastern Conference will release their Players of the Year and All-Conference Honors at the end of the season.
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Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.
At the conclusion of the regular season All-SEC Conference football teams will be named.Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-Big 12 Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively.
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First Team
Second Team
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Honorable mentions
2025 College Football Award Winners
The NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The following list includes all SEC players selected in the draft.