The Southeastern Conference this past Friday announced the 2 additional non-divisional opponents each school will play as part of the SEC’s conference-only football schedule in 2020.

The identification of each school’s 2 additional nondivisional opponents follows last week’s announcement of a 10-game season beginning September 26.

The SEC plans to publicly announce the dates for all games within the next 2 weeks as it continues to monitor developments around covid-19.

“We made every effort to create a schedule that is as competitive as possible and builds on the existing 8 Conference games that had already been scheduled for 2020,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. “This schedule is a 1-year anomaly that we have developed under unique circumstances presented by the impact of covid-19.”

Auburn and Ole Miss have been added to the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 10-game conference-only 2020 football schedule, the Southeastern Conference announced Friday. The Tigers will visit Williams-Brice Stadium, while the Gamecocks will travel to Oxford, Miss., to face the Rebels.

“I’m excited about adding two teams that are very familiar to me personally,” South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp said. “We will travel to Oxford and have Auburn come to Columbia. I have great respect for both programs. They both have great coaching staffs.”

The Gamecocks have dropped 10 of their 12 previous matchups with Auburn, with another ending in a tie in a series that dates back to 1930.

South Carolina’s lone win in the series was by a 16-14 count in 1933 when the game was played in Birmingham. The Gamecocks’ have had better success against Ole Miss, splitting 16 games evenly in a series that dates back to 1947. The Gamecocks have won the last 3 games in the series, including a wild 48-44 decision in Oxford in 2018, the last time the 2 teams met.

The Rebels are led by 1st-year head coach Lane Kiffin.

The Gamecocks 2020 home schedule now consists of games against Auburn, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas A&M. The road slate features trips to Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Dates of all games are expected to be announced in the next 2 weeks.