Gamecocks schedule is set for SEC-only season
The SEC’s 2020 season schedule is set as South Carolina football’s order of 10 conference opponents has been announced. The Gamecocks will begin the season on Sept. 26 at home against Tennessee and they will go on the road for the first time in week two, a meeting with Florida.
South Carolina’s new 2020 schedule
Sept. 26 – Tennessee
Oct. 3 – at Florida
Oct. 10 – at Vanderbilt
Oct. 17 – Auburn
Oct. 24 – at LSU
Oct. 31 – BYE WEEK
Nov. 7 – Texas A&M
Nov. 14 – at Ole Miss
Nov. 21 – Missouri
Nov. 28 – Georgia
Dec. 5 – at Kentucky
*kickoff times and television broadcasts are TBA
The SEC announced the schedules of all 14 schools live on the SEC Network on Monday night. The first contest for each team was announced earlier in the day, pinning the Gamecocks and Volunteers together in September for the first time since Carolina joined the SEC in 1992.
Here it is: the 2020 #SECFB Schedule ?? pic.twitter.com/BTyrFLiaWC
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) August 17, 2020
With the league going to conference-only matchups, the Gamecocks lost four previously scheduled games against Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Wofford, and Clemson. They inherited SEC West opponents Auburn and Ole Miss.
South Carolina’s previous 2020 schedule
Sept. 5 – Coastal Carolina
Sept. 12 – East Carolina
Sept. 19 – Missouri
Sept. 26 – at Kentucky
Oct. 3 – at Florida
Oct. 10 – Tennessee
BYE WEEK
Oct. 24 – Texas A&M
Oct. 31 – at Vanderbilt
Nov. 7 – Georgia
Nov. 14 – at LSU
Nov. 21 – Wofford
Nov. 28 – at Clemson
The Gamecocks reported on Monday for the start of preseason camp. They will hold their first of 25 practices on Tuesday morning. The program is entering its fifth season under head coach Will Muschamp, who has a 26-25 overall record as the coach of the Gamecocks. Carolina went 4-8 last season, failing to reach a bowl game for the first time since going 3-9 in 2015.