The 2020 Southeastern Conference football season was the 88th season of SEC football taking place during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was scheduled to begin on September 3, 2020 and end with the 2020 SEC Championship Game on December 5, 2020. The SEC is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff. The entire schedule was originally released on August 7, 2019. However, the 2020 season had to be shortened due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the season beginning September 26 and ending with the 2020 SEC Championship Game on December 19.
Previous season
To conclude the 2019 Southeastern Conference football season, the LSU Tigers defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 37–10 in the 2019 SEC Championship Game, held in Atlanta.
Preseason
Recruiting classes
SEC media days
The 2020 SEC Media days were scheduled to take place at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia in July 2020. The event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Head coaches
Four Coaches were fired after the 2019 season.
Arkansas Head Coach Chad Morris was fired after almost two seasons at the school on November 10, 2019. Barry Lunney Jr. was named interim head coach for the final two games of the season and was replaced by Georgia Offensive Line Coach and associate Head Coach Sam Pittman on December 7, 2019.
On November 30, 2019, Missouri Head Coach Barry Odom was fired and Replaced by Appalachian State Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz on December 8, 2019.
On December 1, 2019, Ole Miss Coach Matt Luke was fired and replaced by former FAU Head Coach Lane Kiffin.
On December 7, 2019, Mississippi State Head Coach Joe Moorhead was fired. On January 3, 2020, he was replaced by former Washington State head coach Mike Leach.
Rankings
Schedule
Regular season
The Schedule was released on August 7, 2019. The season was scheduled to begin on September 3, 2020 and end on December 5, 2020. The SEC Championship Game was scheduled for December 12, 2020. The regular-season schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 10, 2020, the Pac-12 announced it was going to compete in a conference-only season, thus cancelling the non-conference games of Alabama vs. USC and Texas A&M vs. Colorado. On July 30, 2020, The SEC announced that it would play a 10-game, conference only schedule beginning on September 26, and the SEC Championship game to be played on December 19. The revised 2020 SEC schedule was released on August 17, 2020
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
The game between LSU and Missouri was originally scheduled to take place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. However, in light of Hurricane Delta, the game was moved to Columbia, Missouri.
Week Four
Week Five
The game between Kentucky and Missouri was originally scheduled to take place on October 31. However, schedule adjustments stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in the Florida program caused it to be rescheduled for October 24.
Week Six
The games between Georgia and Kentucky and Missouri and Florida were originally scheduled to take place on October 24. However, schedule adjustments stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in the Florida program caused it to be rescheduled for October 31.
Week Seven
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
The game between Vanderbilt and Missouri was originally scheduled to take place on October 17. However, due to COVID-19 management requirements in response to positive tests and subsequent quarantine of individuals within the Vanderbilt program, the game was rescheduled for December 12. The game was again rescheduled for November 28 due to scheduling adjustments stemming from positive tests and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Arkansas football program. The Arkansas–Missouri and Tennessee–Vanderbilt games originally scheduled for November 28 were postponed.
Week Eleven
The game between Arkansas and Missouri was originally scheduled to take place on November 28. However, due to COVID-19 management requirements in response to positive tests and subsequent quarantine of individuals within the Arkansas program, the game was rescheduled for December 5. The game between Alabama and LSU was originally scheduled to take place on November 14. However, due to COVID-19 management requirements in response to positive tests and subsequent quarantine of individuals within the LSU program, the game was rescheduled for December 5.