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SEC schedule change puts even more pressure on Georgia and its roster

Kirby Smart (UGA Sports Comm) Georgia head coach Kirby Smart before Georgia's annual G-Day spring game on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA) (Tony Walsh/Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Georgia wasn’t going to enjoy the benefit of cupcake week this coming season.

Instead of playing a group of six teams like the Bulldogs had the last two seasons against UMass and Charlotte, Georgia’s penultimate game of the regular season comes against SEC foe South Carolina.

That will continue in the future, as the SEC announced last week that schools will no longer be able to schedule nonconference foes in that mid-November window.

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