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Tennessee schedule toughens with additions of No. 11 Auburn, No. 13 Texas A&M

Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey / Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano throws as his offensive line tries to keep the pocket from collapsing against Auburn during an SEC matchup on Oct. 13, 2018. The Vols upset the 21st-ranked Tigers 30-24 that day in Alabama, ending a streak of 11 straight league losses and giving Jeremy Pruitt a big win in his first season as coach. Auburn and Tennessee will meet this season as one of the added matchups for the SEC's 10-game conference-only schedule.
Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey / Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano throws as his offensive line tries to keep the pocket from collapsing against Auburn during an SEC matchup on Oct. 13, 2018. The Vols upset the 21st-ranked Tigers 30-24 that day in Alabama, ending a streak of 11 straight league losses and giving Jeremy Pruitt a big win in his first season as coach. Auburn and Tennessee will meet this season as one of the added matchups for the SEC's 10-game conference-only schedule. Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey / Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano throws as his offensive line tries to keep the pocket from collapsing against Auburn during an SEC matchup on Oct. 13, 2018. The Vols upset the 21st-ranked Tigers 30-24 that day in Alabama, ending a streak of 11 straight league losses and giving Jeremy Pruitt a big win in his first season as coach. Auburn and Tennessee will meet this season as one of the added matchups for the SEC's 10-game conference-only schedule.

By David Paschall 4 min read

The Southeastern Conference isn’t scheduled to kick off its 10-game football season until Sept. 26, but Friday evening certainly provided some winners and losers.

Needing the addition of two extra cross-divisional games for each program to complete the league schedules that have been altered by the coronavirus-related cancellations of nonconference games, the league revealed those selections Friday night on the SEC Network.

“We made every effort to create a schedule that is as competitive as possible and builds on the existing eight conference games that had already been scheduled for 2020,” league commissioner Greg Sankey said in a release. “This schedule is a one-year anomaly that we have developed under unique circumstances presented by the impact of COVID-19.”

Missouri’s schedule went from competitive to incredibly competitive, as the league added a home game against Alabama, No. 3 in the Amway coaches preseason poll, and a trip to No. 5 LSU for Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers. Since joining the SEC in 2012, Mizzou is 0-4 against Alabama and LSU by the combined score of 165-40.

Tennessee had a pair of preseason top-15 teams added to its schedule, with the Volunteers getting a home date with No. 13 Texas A&M and a journey to No. 11 Auburn. The Vols and Aggies have met three times but never inside Neyland Stadium, but Tennessee has a lot of tradition with Auburn, an annual rival from 1956 to 1991.