South Carolina football: SEC to release 2020 schedules

The South Carolina football program will soon learn its 2020 schedule as the SEC is set to announce the 10-game slates for all 14 conference affiliates on Monday.

The South Carolina football team already knows many of the details regarding its 2020 schedule. The 10 opponents are known, there will be no out of conference competition, the season start date is September 26th, and the SEC championship game is set for December 19th. But what isn’t known is the schedule itself.

On Monday, the Southeastern Conference will officially announce the 2020 slates for each of its 14 member institutions. The announcement will take place at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, as part of an hour long special that will be aired on the SEC Network.

Below is a statement from the SEC.

"BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (August 16, 2020) – The Southeastern Conference will announce its 2020 football schedule on Monday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on a special show on the SEC Network.SEC Now: Football Schedule Release Show Presented by Regions will air live on SEC Network at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on Monday. Hosted by Dari Nowkhah with analysis by Greg McElroy, Roman Harper, Laura Rutledge, Kirk Herbstreit, Rece Davis and more, the show will break down the 2020 SEC football schedule in its entirety. Week 1 of the 2020 SEC football schedule will be revealed at 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT on The Paul Finebaum Show.Last month, the SEC established September 26 as the new kickoff for its 2020 football season to allow its universities to focus on the healthy return of their campus communities and the gradual re-introduction of athletics, as the 14 members of the SEC continue to monitor developments related to COVID-19.The 2020 SEC football season will be comprised of a 10-game Conference-only schedule and the SEC Football Championship Game is scheduled to be played December 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, rescheduled from the original date of December 5. The schedule will include one mid-season open date for each school and an open date on December 12 for all schools.The decision to limit competition to Conference-only opponents and rescheduling the SEC Championship Game is based on the need for maximum flexibility in making any necessary scheduling adjustments while reacting to developments around the pandemic and continued advice from medical professionals."

The Gamecocks know that they’ll play their six annual matchups against eastern division foes, a crossover contest versus yearly western opponent Texas A&M, and three more western division rivals in LSU, Ole Miss, and Auburn. Tomorrow, they’ll figure out the final unknown as the 2020 season continues to draw near.