The SEC released its 2018 slate on Tuesday, beginning the weekend of Sept. 1 and running through the SEC Championship on Saturday, Dec. 1. It would be entirely pointless to break down winners and losers of the ’18 slate considering we don’t really even know who’s good yet in 2017 -- other than Alabama -- and we especially don’t know who will be good in ’18 -- other than ‘Bama, of course.
But we can point out some dates that look interesting as we sit here on Tuesday, Sept. 19, the year of our Lord 2017. And, no, intra-divisional games don’t count, since they are played every year.
- Auburn vs. Washington -- Sept. 1 (at Atlanta)
- Alabama vs. Louisville -- Sept. 1 (at Orlando)
- LSU vs. Miami -- Sept. 1 (at Dallas)
- Tennessee vs. West Virginia (at Charlotte)
- Clemson at Texas A&M -- Sept. 8
- Vanderbilt at Notre Dame -- Sept. 15
- Florida at Mississippi State -- Sept. 29
- Tennessee at Auburn -- Oct. 13