SEC announcing football opponents in expansive programming Monday

The Southeastern Conference will announce the 2020 football schedule on Monday at 6 p.m. on a special show on the SEC Network after announcing the opening week at 2 p.m. on The Paul Finebaum Show, according to a press release from the SEC on Sunday.

SEC Now: Football Schedule Release Show Presented by Regions 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.

Last month, the SEC established Sept. 26 as the new kickoff date for the 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 the coronavirus.

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 Dec. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, rescheduled from the original date of Dec. 5.

The schedule will include one mid-season open date for each school and an open date on Dec. 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.