The 2026 Georgia Bulldogs football schedule has been officially announced, which features nine conference games for the first time ever.
Georgia opens the 2026 season on Saturday, Sept. 5 against the Tennessee State Tigers at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. The following week on Sept. 12, Georgia welcomes the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to Athens.
The Bulldogs are scheduled to open SEC action on Saturday, Sept. 19 on the road against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Georgia will then play consecutive home contests against the Oklahoma Sooners on Sept. 26 and the Vanderbilt Commodores on Oct. 3.
Next, Georgia makes the trip to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide on Oct. 10 before returning to Sanford Stadium to host the Auburn Tigers on Oct. 17. Georgia then gets its only bye week of the season on Oct. 24.
Why are there not two byes? Most seasons there is only one bye. Two bye seasons occur in years that contain 14 Saturdays in the period beginning with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday in November. The next time that occurs is in the 2030 and 2031 seasons.
The Bulldogs will be the home team next season against the Florida Gators, and the contest will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 31. The location change is due to renovations at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville.
Following the Florida game, Georgia will travel to take on the Ole Miss Rebels on Nov. 7, host the Missouri Tigers on Nov. 14, and then visit the South Carolina Gamecocks on Nov. 21.
Georgia’s final regular-season game is its annual non-conference contest against the in-state rival Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. That game will be played in Athens on Saturday, Nov. 28.
The 2026 SEC Championship Game is slated for Saturday, Dec. 5 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, and the contest will be televised by ABC. The matchup will feature the top two teams in the conference standings.
Below is Georgia’s complete schedule for the 2026 season and a link to the full schedule that will be updated with kickoff times, TV, and tickets as they are announced:
09/05 – Tennessee State
09/12 – WKU
09/19 – at Arkansas
09/26 – Oklahoma
10/03 – Vanderbilt
10/10 – at Alabama
10/17 – Auburn
10/24 – OFF
10/31 – Florida* (in Atl)
11/07 – at Ole Miss
11/14 – Missouri
11/21 – at South Carolina
11/28 – Georgia Tech
* SEC contest.
The third-ranked and SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs (12-1) are next scheduled to play in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La. (8:00pm ET, ESPN, Buy Tickets). Georgia will face the winner of the First Round matchup between Tulane and Ole Miss, which will be played Saturday, Dec. 20.