The 2024 Texas football season is just 16 weeks away. That’s right, only four months from now, the Longhorns will be taking on the SEC monster for the first time.
As the Horns prepare to be a part of one of the most powerful conferences in the country, Texas will luckily be able to host some of its more difficult opponents at home.
Accompanying the Longhorns to the SEC are long-time rivals Oklahoma Sooners, who have an incredibly difficult schedule ahead of them.
Beyond the former Big 12 opponents, how do the SEC strength of schedules stack up for the 2024 season?
- Missouri 2024 schedule: vs. Murray State, vs. Buffalo, vs. Boston College, vs. Vanderbilt, at Texas A&M, at UMass, vs. Auburn, at Alabama, vs. Oklahoma, at South Carolina, at Mississippi State, vs. Arkansas
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 63-81
- Tennessee 2024 schedule: vs. Chattanooga, vs. NC State, vs. Kent State, at Oklahoma, at Arkansas, vs. Florida, vs. Alabama, vs. Kentucky, vs. Mississippi State, at Georgia, vs. UTEP, at Vanderbilt
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 78-69
- Ole Miss 2024 schedule: vs. Furman, vs. MTSU, at Wake Forest, vs. Georgia Southern, vs. Kentucky, at South Carolina, at LSU, vs. Oklahoma, at Arkansas, vs. Georgia, at Florida, vs. Mississippi State
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 81-65
- Texas 2024 schedule: vs. Colorado State, at Michigan, vs. UTSA, vs. UL Monroe, vs. Mississippi State, vs. Oklahoma, vs. Georgia, at Vanderbilt, vs. Florida, at Arkansas, vs. Kentucky, at Texas A&M
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 80-66
- Auburn 2024 schedule: vs. Alabama A&M, vs. Cal, vs. New Mexico, vs. Arkansas, vs. Oklahoma, at Georgia, at Missouri, at Kentucky, vs. Vanderbilt, vs. UL Monroe, vs. Texas A&M, at Alabama
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 81-64
- Texas A&M 2024 schedule: vs. Notre Dame, vs. McNeese, at Florida, vs. Bowling Green, vs. Arkansas, vs. Missouri, at Mississippi State, vs. LSU, at South Carolina, vs. New Mexico State, at Auburn, vs. Texas
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 83-63
The in-state rivalry between the Longhorns and Aggies is back. Thanksgiving weekend, Texas and Texas A&M will take to Kyle Field to resume the long-standing tradition between the two programs.
- LSU 2024 schedule: vs. USC, vs. Nicholls, at South Carolina, vs. UCLA, vs. South Alabama, vs. Ole Miss, at Arkansas, at Texas A&M, vs. Alabama, at Florida, vs. Vanderbilt, vs. Oklahoma
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 81-63
- Kentucky 2024 schedule: vs. Southern Miss, vs. South Carolina, vs. Georgia, vs. Ohio, at Ole Miss, vs. Vanderbilt, at Florida, vs. Auburn, at Tennessee, vs. Murray State, at Texas, vs. Louisville
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 84-62
Kentucky will have to visit Darrell K. Royal Stadium to take on the Longhorns in one of the Wildcats' most difficult games of the 2024 season.
- Arkansas 2024 schedule: vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, at Oklahoma State, vs. UAB, at Auburn, vs. Texas A&M, vs. Tennessee, vs. LSU, at Mississippi State, vs. Ole Miss, vs. Texas, vs. Louisiana Tech, at Missouri
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 85-60
Another long-standing rivalry, Arkansas will host the Texas Longhorns in Fayetteville. The last time the Horns traveled to the Razorbacks' stadium, Arkansas defeated Texas 40-21.
- South Carolina 2024 schedule: vs. Old Dominion, at Kentucky, vs. LSU, vs. Akron, vs. Ole Miss, at Alabama, at Oklahoma, vs. Texas A&M, at Vanderbilt, vs. Missouri, vs. Wofford, at Clemson
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 85-59
- Mississippi State 2024 schedule: vs. Eastern Kentucky, at Arizona State, vs. Toledo, vs. Florida, at Texas, at Georgia, vs. Texas A&M, vs. Arkansas, vs. UMass, at Tennessee, vs. Missouri, at Ole Miss
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 88-58
The Bulldogs will have to travel to Austin to try to take down the Longhorns in the middle of their season. Odds are, the Horns will easily handle Mississippi State, especially with the home-field advantage.
- Georgia 2024 schedule: vs. Clemson, vs. Tenn. Tech, at Kentucky, at Alabama, vs. Auburn, vs. Mississippi State, at Texas, vs. Florida, at Ole Miss, vs. Tennessee, vs. UMass, vs. Georgia Tech
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 86-59
Texas is lucky that the Longhorns are hosting the Bulldogs instead of having to travel to Athens. Georgia will be out for blood in 2024 after losing the SEC Championship to Alabama last season.
- Alabama 2024 schedule: vs. Western Kentucky, vs. USF, at Wisconsin, vs. Georgia, at Vanderbilt, vs. South Carolina, at Tennessee, vs. Missouri, at LSU, vs. Mercer, at Oklahoma, vs. Auburn
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 91-55
Alabama and Texas are taking a hiatus from the rivalry after a two-season non-conference series in which the Crimson Tide and Longhorns won one game each.
- Oklahoma 2024 schedule: 92-54
- Opponents’ 2023 record: vs. Temple, vs. Houston, vs. Tulane, vs. Tennessee, at Auburn, vs. Texas, vs. South Carolina, at Ole Miss, vs. Maine, at Missouri, vs. Alabama, at LSU
The Red River Rivalry is here to stay as the Sooners and Longhorns join the SEC. Texas is looking for redemption after losing its only regular season game to Oklahoma last seaosn.
- Vanderbilt 2024 schedule: 100-46
- Opponents’ 2023 record: vs. Virginia Tech, vs. Alcorn State, at Georgia State, at Missouri, vs. Alabama, at Kentucky, vs. Ball State, vs. Texas, at Auburn, vs. South Carolina, at LSU, vs. Tennessee
The Longhorns and Commodores are set to share a field for the first time since 1928 when Vanderbilt defeated Texas 13-12 in Dallas.
- Florida 2024 schedule: vs. Miami (FL), vs. Samford, vs. Texas A&M, at Mississippi State, vs. UCF, at Tennessee, vs. Kentucky, vs. Georgia, at Texas, vs. LSU, vs. Ole Miss, at Florida State
- Opponents’ 2023 record: 102-44
The Longhorns are undefeated against the Florida Gators and Texas fans are hoping that streak continues in 2024 as the Horns host the Gators.