OU’s 2024 SEC Football Opponents Revealed

NORMAN — The Southeastern Conference announced 2024 football opponents for all member schools on Wednesday, including Oklahoma and Texas, which are set to join the league July 1, 2024. Home and away designations were also revealed.

As previously announced, SEC teams in 2024 will play eight conference games plus one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent during the 2024 season when the SEC becomes a 16-team conference. Each of the 14 current SEC members will play either Oklahoma or Texas — home or away — during the 2024 season.

Oklahoma’s 2024 SEC home opponents at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium will be Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee. The Sooners’ inaugural SEC season will feature road games at Auburn, LSU, Missouri and Ole Miss. OU and Texas will also meet for their annual matchup at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with the Sooners serving as the designated home team in 2024.

Oklahoma owns a 76-30-1 (.715) combined record against its seven 2024 SEC foes that are currently in the conference. It has never faced South Carolina.

Per the SEC, 2024 opponents were determined based on two primary factors: traditional opponents and balance of schedule strength.

Balance of schedule strength was based on each school’s conference winning percentage since the last expansion of the SEC in 2012. The winning percentages of Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12 since 2012 were included in determining 16 positions ranked by winning percentage.

Each school’s 2024 SEC schedule will include four opponents — two home and two away — whose winning percentage ranked among the top eight conference winning percentages since 2012. Also, each school’s 2024 schedule will include four opponents — two home and two away — whose winning percentages ranked among the second eight conference winning percentages since 2012.

The SEC noted on Wednesday that while no school will travel in 2024 to the same location it traveled in 2023, when a long-term schedule format is determined, it may not be possible to structure a schedule that does not include some schools playing at the same location in back-to-back years in the first year of a new format.

A complete 2024 SEC football schedule that includes dates of games will be announced later this year.

It was also previously announced the SEC will eliminate divisional standings beginning in 2024. The SEC Championship Game will feature the two top teams in the conference standings at the end of the regular season.

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2024 OU FOOTBALL SEC OPPONENT NOTES

Alabama (Home)

All-time series: OU leads 3-2-1

Note: OU won the only two regular season meetings (37-27 in 2002 in Norman and 20-13 in 2003 in Tuscaloosa)

Auburn (Away)

All-time series: OU leads 2-0

Note: Both meetings were in Sugar Bowl (40-22 in 1971 season and 35-19 in 2016 season)

LSU (Away)

All-time series: OU trails 2-1

Note: 2024 contest will mark the first meeting between the programs on either campus

Missouri (Away)

All-time series: OU leads 67-24-5

Note: Will mark the first meeting since MU’s final year in Big 12 (38-28 OU win in Norman in 2011); Sooners are 32-4 in series since 1970

Ole Miss (Away)

All-time series: OU trails 0-1

Note: Only meeting was in 1999 Independence Bowl (Ole Miss won 27-25 on game-ending field goal); OU won its next 20 games

South Carolina (Home)

All-time series: Programs have never met

Note: USC head coach Shane Beamer was OU’s assistant head coach for offense (tight ends/H-backs) from 2018-20

Tennessee (Home)

All-time series: OU leads 3-1

Note: OU has won last three meetings, including 34-10 in 2014 in Norman and 31-24 in 2OT in 2015 in Knoxville; UT head coach Josh Heupel quarterbacked Sooners to 13-0 record and national title in 2000

Texas (Dallas)

All-time series: OU trails 63-50-5

Note: Sooners have won 10 of last 14 meetings and 16 of last 24; last regular season game not in Dallas was 1923 (Austin)